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15 Dec 09
Op-Ed Columnist - Obama’s Christian Realism - NYTimes.com
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And you would have championed the spread of democracy, knowing that democracy is the only system that fits humanity’s noble yet sinful nature. As the midcentury theologian Reinhold Niebuhr declared: “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”
17 Oct 09
‘Athens’ on the Net - NYTimes.com
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their vision of Internet democracy is part of a larger cultural evolution toward the expectation that we be consulted about everything, all the time. Increasingly, the best articles to read are the most e-mailed ones, the music worth buying belongs to singers we have just text-voted into stardom, the next book to read is one bought by other people who bought the last book you did, and media that once reported to us now publish whatever we tweet.
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A search is on for the right metaphor. What is the new role for government — a platform? a vending machine, into which we put money to extract services? a facilitator? And what, indeed, is the new role for us — the ones we’ve been waiting for?
19 Sep 09
Cameron Todd Willingham, Texas, and the death penalty : The New Yorker
Perhaps the first documented, solid case in which a man was executed by the state for a crime he did not commit.
06 Mar 09
Op-Ed Columnist David Brooks - When Obamatons Respond - NYTimes.com
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Nonetheless, the White House made a case that was sophisticated and fact-based. These people know how to lead a discussion and set a tone of friendly cooperation.
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Nonetheless, the White House made a case that was sophisticated and fact-based. These people know how to lead a discussion and set a tone of friendly cooperation.
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