On freedom, the Bush administration speaks with a forked tongue. Executive rhetoric at the start of the second term has taken a welcome turn toward prodding other nations to respect human liberty. But such exhortations ring hollow--if not downright mendacious--in the face of what the [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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This points out the stranglehold that the religious right holds over this presidency, even at the expense of any remaining integrity.
Did they ever have any?
When the federal government is permitted to promote an agenda based upon privilege and extremism, then our voices must rise up and seize the opportunity at hand. While there is no doubt that Bloch is, indeed, one very “dim bulb,” thinking persons everywhere cannot afford to wait for its replacement before renewing our personal resolve to be a guiding light, here and now, in own own back yards.
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