Presidential inauguration days are one of those rare times when most people forgo partisan politics in favor of national pride. Today we will rejoice together, regardless of party affiliation, in the milestone marked by President Barack Obama swearing to fulfill his increasingly difficult duties to the best of his ability. Unity in the celebration is [...]
Killing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository is a very expensive mistake wasting the billions spent on it, which are even more than all the earmarks in the recently passed federal budget”Obama nukes nuclear storage,”Opinion, Friday). We have a sad habit of spending lots of money on an idea locked into one administration just to [...]
The notion of sacrifice – asking Americans to give something up for a greater good – appears to be coming back into political vogue after decades of being seen as a poison pill. Both major-party presidential candidates are emphasizing the need for individuals to shoulder responsibility for changing the direction of the United States, though [...]
This is a well-written analysis of how petroleum extraction impacts producing countries. Its essential message is that oil is a curse for developing countries with a weak sense of national identity. Peter Maass explains how oil often corrupts governments, bringing poverty and misery to the people of producing countries. The corporations producing this oil, says [...]
Jon O’Brien writes to suggest that politics be kept out of the church (Letter, Friday). He fails to recognize that the entire subject matter he is addressing is not about politics. It is about morality. The Fifth Commandment states:”Thou shalt not kill.” An agreed-upon number of lives lost to induced abortion since the 1973 U.S. [...]
Yushchenko hopes to return to big-time politics KYIV. Jan 22 (Interfax) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said that he is leaving his current post in order to return. “I’m leaving in order to come back again,” he said at festivities on Ukrainian Unity Day in Kyiv on Friday. Yushchenko said that politicians who don’t [...]
Like the majority of Catholics, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, President Obama’s choice to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, seems to be able to reconcile her faith with her political beliefs, including her position on abortion”HHS nominee Sebelius caught between her politics and faith,”Page 1, Tuesday). Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas [...]
District officials recently revealed that 6.5 percent of the city’s black men are living with HIV/AIDS, compared to 2.6 percent of white men. This is just one in a long line of disheartening statistics that show little progress has been made to rectify our nation’s racial disparities – particularly in areas like health care and [...]
Yushchenko does not plan to quit politics (Part 2) KYIV. Jan 20 (Interfax) – Outgoing Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko does not plan to quit politics after losing the January 17 presidential election, stating that he wants to continue to defend democracy in Ukraine. “I have carried out my democratic obligations in the office of Ukrainian [...]
Tymoshenko to get decent place in politics after election – Yanukovych KYIV. Jan 18 (Interfax) – Candidate for the Ukrainian presidency Viktor Yanukovych is certain that after he is elected Ukrainian president, there will be a decent place in Ukrainian political life for Yulia Tymoshenko. “Tymoshenko should not worry. She will have a decent place [...]