DISASTER: RELIGIOUS RIGHT

Sep 14, 2001 | news, Politics

Despite past differences, you may have the impression that America has been united by this tragedy. I offer this without further comment. According to The Washington Post and the New York Times, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson said that liberal civil liberties groups,...

DISASTER: CIVIL LIBERTIES

Sep 14, 2001 | news, Politics

The nation is entering into a debate about the relationship between privacy and national security. Regardless of where you stand, encourage the debate to be fair, reasonable, and deeply considered. A rush to cut off privacy and anonymity may seem tempting in light of...

ENERGY POLICY

May 26, 2001 | Politics

From Slate magazine: The Wall Street Journal “Washington Wire” has Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill’s penetrating defense of the Bush energy plan’s proposed expansion of nuclear power: “If you set aside Three Mile Island and...

JIMMY CARTER ON ENERGY

May 17, 2001 | Politics

A good article by Jimmy Carter in the Washington Post about “misinformation and scare tactics” coming out of the Bush White House to justify environmental atrocities. Sample: “No energy crisis exists now that equates in any way with those we faced in...