At a recent Arts & Letters program at the Governor’s Mansion, Charles Peters, editor of the Washington Monthly, suggested a possible counteroffensive against the rising power of the religious right. Peters believes that it is high time that we hear…
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The route of Corridor H has been decided, and progress is on its way to the Potomac Highlands and central West Virginia. We are cutting a new swath into the 21st century. Or I should say “they” are cutting a…
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Nations large and small say high-sounding words about themselves, and then find reasons for not putting the words into practice. Our former enemy, the Soviet Union, spoke of liberty and justice for all, just as we do. Even in South…
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Clinton’s early actions to relax abortion requirements and to admit homosexuals into the military left friends and foes alike to ponder how deep his liberal agenda may be. With liberalism in low esteem in America, Clinton’s first weeks’ ratings were…
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The root issue at stake in this presidential election is a simple one: How deep a polarization between rich and poor can this nation take? The Republicans say the rich can get even richer, even though the top 1 percent…
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William Leuchtenburg, president of the American Historical Association, will reveal in his new book about Harry Truman what has been known to private scholars for a long time: our former president—considered by many as one of the greats—had a streak…
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