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Former Democratic senator and one-time presidential hopeful Bill Bradley on what the Democrats must do to renew themselves. Some excerpts from his NYT commentary: Before deciding what Democrats should do now, it's important to see what Republicans have done right over many years. When the Goldwater Republicans lost in 1964, they didn't try to become [...]
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The Village Voice's Nat Hentoff says of Terri Schiavo: “Her crime was being disabled, voiceless, and at the disposal of our media.” An excerpt: For all the world to see, a 41-year-old woman, who has committed no crime, will die of dehydration and starvation in the longest public execution in American history. She is not brain-dead [...]
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John C. Danforth, a former U.S. Republican senator and UN ambassador, decries the apparent evolution of his party into the polical arm of the Christian conservatives. An excerpt: When government becomes the means of carrying out a religious program, it raises obvious questions under the First Amendment. But even in the absence of constitutional issues, [...]
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Toronto Star media critic Antonia Zerbisias looks at some of the loony things that have been done in the name of news coverage in the tragic Terri Schiavo case.
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Not Al Gore, if you're wondering. The headline is taken from a cutline of a photo (of the lissome Jessica Alba) illustrating an NYT story on Sin City, which I most assuredly will see in the next few days. An excerpt: Dimension Films Jessica Alba and Nick Stahl in “Sin City,” a new movie based on a series of [...]
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