Abuse of power makes U.S. weak
Is America's security grounded in its military strength or its moral strength? Today, America dominates the world's militaries, but has relinquished much of its moral authority. Does that make us safer or more vulnerable?
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Reagan era nothing to be proud of
Last week we paid respect to Ronald Reagan, saluting his optimism, his ability to communicate and his grandfatherly affability. But Reagan was an ideological politician. He championed ideas that helped forge a conservative era. Reagan was largely on the wrong side of history and his era is exhausted, his ideas part of our problem, not part of our solution.
Tuesday, June 8, 2004
What Appalachia says about U.S.
The hills of Appalachia have a hard truth about them. This is God's country -- stark, untamed, rich in coal, scarred by man. In Appalachia, reality hits you in the face like a hard fist and exposes the rhetoric of Washington for what it is.
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
No pass for U.S. brass in Iraq
Long after the Iraq War is over, the crimes of Abu Ghraib will live in our memory -- and in the memories of peoples across the world.
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Education's still separate, unequal
On Monday, George W. Bush traveled to Topeka, Kan., to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, the unanimous Supreme Court decision that outlawed legal segregation in America. Bush paid rhetorical tribute to Brown and to racial integration, but he did not note that the promise of Brown is threatened today -- and the president and his party are leading the attack.
