Conservative commentators are having great fun with a report that, in the wake of the mid-term elections, Democrats are looking for liberals who might host radio call-in shows and counter the perceived influence of Rush Limbaugh and his clones. They are right to laugh, even if it is for the wrong reasons.
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Whose Values? Whose Morality?
Pundits tell us that voters came out on November 4th to vote for ?values.? They sure didn?t vote for mine.
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Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Brother Junipers restaurant–a longtime fixture on Massachusetts Avenue–has closed its doors. For many of us, it was a devastating loss.
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Jim Jeffords and Me
On the wall of my office, in a prominent spot among the memorabilia I have accumulated over the years, is a framed letter from my longtime hero, Barry Goldwater. The letter was a response to the only fan letter I have ever sent anyone, a fan letter prompted by Goldwater’s position on gays in the military (“You don’t have to be straight, you just have to shoot straight.”).
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Top Ten Reasons
As I write this, the Bush Administration seems bent upon an invasion of Iraq that strikes many of us as an unnecessary and very dangerous break with prior American foreign policy. As an inveterate list-maker, I offer the following top ten reasons the United States should not invade Iraq:
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