Posted on November 14, 2005 by thestateofblog
According to a memo written by Alito in 1985 and released today by the Reagan Library, the Constitution does not protect a right to abortion. Alito was serving in the Reagan administration at the time. He also declared that he was heavily influenced by the writings of William F. Buckley and Barry Goldwater’s 1964 [...]
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Posted on November 14, 2005 by thestateofblog
“After 9/11, everyone knew there was going to be a debate about the future of Islam. We just didn’t know the debate would be between Osama bin Laden and Tupac Shakur. Yet those seem to be the lifestyle alternatives that are really on offer for poor young Muslim men in places like France, Britain, and [...]
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Posted on November 14, 2005 by thestateofblog
Apparently not. The latest argument the White House is using is that those criticizing the war now saw the same evidence the President saw when they voted to invade Iraq. This statement is very misleading. It is true that all of the evidence the lawmakers saw, the President saw. However, the President saw evidence the [...]
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Posted on November 14, 2005 by thestateofblog
“In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.”
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