tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62998622009-02-20T17:17:37.844-08:00This site is dedicated to ideas about public policy and government from abortion rights and health care to foreign policy. <br> <i>Moving beyond left and right, the important thing is to go forward.</i>Eric Trachtenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886306672637680646noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299862.post-1162101891796395872006-10-28T23:04:00.001-07:002006-10-28T23:04:51.820-07:00

Reject the Rejectionists“Israel could be such as beautiful place if we only had peace.”It was hard to disagree with these words spoken by the quiet, almost, saintly looking caretaker at the Tombs of the Prophets whose family had Jewish, Muslim and Christian members. Although considered a holy place by Jews, Moslems and Christians, the tombs were looted long ago, leaving a few circular underground

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Reject the Rejectionists“Israel could be such as beautiful place if we only had peace.”It was hard to disagree with these words spoken by the quiet, almost, saintly looking caretaker at the Tombs of the Prophets whose family had Jewish, Muslim and Christian members. Although considered a holy place by Jews, Moslems and Christians, the tombs were looted long ago, leaving a few circular underground

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Reject the Rejectionists“Israel could be such as beautiful place if we only had peace.” It was hard to disagree with these words spoken by the quiet, almost, saintly looking caretaker at the Tombs of the Prophets whose family had Jewish, Muslim and Christian members. Although considered a holy place by Jews, Moslems and Christians, the tombs were looted long ago, leaving a few circular

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Beating Reaction in 2006 The good news is that progressives seem to be making some progress. The bad news is that many of these advances have come because of Republican weakness rather than Democratic strength. Although the Republicans

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Discrimination: The Next FrontierAmerica has come a long way in the last 75 years. Although prejudice is far from gone, discrimination has not only fallen but has rightly become increasingly disreputable. The horrors of Jim Crow, the legal discrimination against Chinese immigrants, the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans and the crass anti-Semitism in the Ivy Leagues are bad memories. As

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George W. Bush, The Policy Chernobyl It’s been twenty years since Chernobyl disaster. In honor of this occasion, I thought of our own meltdown in the making. When I left the United States to work overseas (not far from Chernobyl), things in America seemed pretty good. Employment was high, the economy was growing and we were mostly at peace. The only real dark cloud hovering over the

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Bridging the Abortion GapAfter much anticipation, the confirmation fight for Samuel Alito to join the Supreme Court is now well under way. The battle lines, which date from even before the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in America 33 years ago this week, are well-defined. Those most opposed to abortion see this nomination to replace Sandra Day O’Conner as long-awaited chance to

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WelcomeWelcome to my political ideas page! I'll be adding comments on various ideas in the days, months and years to come!

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