American values are crossing swords in the 2008 Election for President of the United States. Conflicting values are not unusual. Actually, conflicting values come our way every day. Such is the nature of ethics. One such conflict is apparent in the redemption of former Weatherman Bill Ayers. The social turmoil of the 1960’s continues to [...]
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The speech writers have their challenge. Tonight’s State of the Union by President George W. Bush will be his last. He is worried about his legacy - and this is an opportunity to set the historical stage. The State of the Union has become the mantle for the President to sway public opinion.
So how does [...]
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The final section of the debate is on domestic issues - but the first question is on support of the military at college and universities and whether ROTC should be offered and military recruiters should be allowed on campus.
Clinton says “Yes, they should allow recruiters and not do anything to disrespect the military.”
Obama, “The poor [...]
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Government has many responsibilities. The preamble to the constitution mentions ‘domestic tranquility” as one. What does that mean - generally we think of maintaining order in a civilized manner. And we maintain order with the rule of law. The rule of law is much better than the rule of Monarchy or dictatorship, or no rule [...]
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We live in a Republic. Our government represents us. Taxes, infrastructure, social justice, law, common defense - all of that traditional stuff. Stuff that is defined in the preamble to our constitution. But we live today in a global community. Someone has to represent us to the world. That someone is the President. Who [...]
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We are in a time of flux. This is a difficult time for statisticians. The Media Pundits are dissecting the Iowa statistics, trying to make sense of demographics and results. Some say Obama is about generational issues. Clinton is about gender. Edwards about populism. Huckabee about evangelism. This is not a time when these statistics [...]
