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Posts Tagged ‘Democrats’
 Former President George W. Bush receives a pro-life award this weekend from Legatus, an organization of Catholic business professionals. The group cites his administration’s opposition to embryonic stem-cell research, an executive order barring federal funds from international family planning groups that…
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My measure of a good State of the Union address is whether or not I am able to stay awake through to the end. I am still awaiting the president who will say at the beginning, “please hold your applause…
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Tags: big government, bipartisan, civil liberties, Conservative, Conservatives, Democrats, discourse, government, government interference, government takeover, Health, health care, libertarians, partisan, Partisanship, Politics, President, President Obama, progressive, public option, public policy, reform bills, Republican, slogans, state of the union address, United States, vision
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Here is how things used to be: My parents retired in 1975 when they were both 65. Their household income had been modestly sufficient, right around the national average or perhaps a little less. Their former employers…
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Tags: America, baby boomers, bob herbert, Debt, Democrat, Democrats, Economic, Finding Our Way in the New Economy, george w bush, Health, insecurity, Iraq, market, Medicare, money, mortgages, New York Times, Poverty, President, Prophetic, prosperity, Republican, Republicans, rising tide, rube goldberg, social security, stocks and bonds, tax cut, theologian, unease, unemployment, United States
In this morning’s New York Times, columnist Bob Herbert confesses to “An Uneasy Feeling,” apparently his understated way of saying “panic.” Herbert lists his concerns: unemployment, worthless mortgages, a decade with no job creation (previous decades since 1940 have all had at…
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Tags: America, baby boomers, bob herbert, Debt, Democrat, Democrats, Economic, Finding Our Way in the New Economy, george w bush, Health, insecurity, Iraq, market, Medicare, money, mortgages, New York Times, Poverty, President, Prophetic, prosperity, Republican, Republicans, rising tide, rube goldberg, social security, stocks and bonds, tax cut, theologian, unease, unemployment, United States
Biblical wisdom teaches us to “give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (I Thessalonians 5:18). This is a syntactic ambiguity that makes us ask the question: is the circumstance the…
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Tags: access to health care, Advent, ambiguity, biblical wisdom, citizens, debate, Democrat, Democrats, europe, europeans, God, gratitude, Health, health care, hebrews, hebrews 11, Hope, legislation, medical bills, Politics, primary care, Republican, Republicans, romans 8, system, United States, universal health care
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
–William Butler Yeats, from “The Second Coming”
Two of the best people in public life today — in my humble opinion — are the president of the United States and…
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It’s been said that conservatives are people who honor the tombs of dead progressives. If that’s true, then within the Democratic movement, even with its progressive reputation, there could be a wing of conservative progressives, those who remember the good…
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Tags: Abortion, abortion reduction, accountability, agendas, Catholics, Conservative, conservative wing, Democracy, Democrats, Environment, Evangelicals, Faith-based, Gay Marriage, government, justice, litmus test, Poverty, Progressive Evangelicals, Religious, Republican
Last weekend, as a group of religiously-committed pro-life Democrats in the House of Representatives found themselves at odds with the majority of their party over an abortion-related amendment in the health-care reform bill, campaign veteran Kevin Spidel posted a thoughtful question…
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Tags: Abortion, Afghanistan, Chinese, Congress, Conservative, Democrats, Environment, environmental stewardship, Evangelicals, Evolution, foreign policy, house of representatives, Immigration, immigration reform, Pro-life, Pro-life Democrats, progressive, Republican, spidel, wheaton college
Tags: Abortion, accountability, civil unions, Conservative, daily kos, Democrat, Democrats, Diversity, equality, Evangelicals, Gay Marriage, health care, health care bill, leaders, litmus test, marriage, Military, moral issues, Movement, peace, Pro-choice, progressive, progressives, Religion, Republican, republican party, trojan horse, union, values
A few weeks ago, I sat and listened attentively as a series of American religious leaders explained to several members of a U.S. Senate subcommittee the reasons our nation needs comprehensive immigration reform. While Congress might expect support for immigration reform…
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Tags: assemblies of god, Bible, Bill Hybels, Catholics, church, Common Ground, comprehensive immigration reform, Conservative, conservative christians, debate, Democrats, Endorsement, Evangelical, Evangelicals, Faith-based, illegal immigrants, Immigration, immigration law, immigration laws, immigration reform, john piper, Leith Anderson, Leviticus, Liberal, mainline denominations, national association of evangelicals, Religion, religious leaders, Richard Land, SBC, social issues, Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptists, undocumented immigrants, Willow Creek
In the wake of Tuesday’s elections where the Democrats lost governor’s races in New Jersey and in Virginia, some observers are advising President Obama to scale back his agenda. Health care and energy and education and banking reform and war…
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Tags: Afghanistan, African-American, America, Democracy, Democrats, economic justice, economy, Elections, gradualism, letter from birmingham jail, Martin Luther King Jr., Military, President Obama, recession, speech, United States, universal health care, urgency, war in iraq
Most of the country probably didn’t notice. Unless you live in Virginia, New Jersey, a couple areas in New York, or maybe even Maine or Washington state, it’s quite possible you heard little about Tuesday’s elections. But to the chattering…
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Tags: Campaign, candidate, chattering class, class, Conservative, D.C., demagogue, Democrats, domestic partnership, Election, Elections, Endorsement, Gay Marriage, glenn beck, leadership, marriage, mayor bloomberg, money, partisan, Politics, polls, President, referendum, rejection, Republican, Role of Government, rush limbaugh, Sarah Palin, social movements, talk show hosts, Third Party, Vote, Wall Street, Washington
We continue the roller coaster ride that we hope will end with universal or near universal coverage for health care in the United States. Those of us who favor, at the very least, a public option had reason to be…
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Tags: affordability, America, caucuses, common good, Congress, Connecticut, Debt, Democrats, Ethics, filibuster, government, Health, health care, health insurance, health problems, insurance companies, joseph lieberman, national debt, New York Times, obstacles, pay, paycheck, policy details, Politics, polls, primary care, profit motive, public option, reform, Religion, Republican, Role of Government, senate majority leader harry reid, single payer, system, United States, wage, wages
Never underestimate the power of a determined family, the press, the internet, and an outraged public. Guardian Life has changed its policy and apologized to the Pearl family. Ian Pearl will continue to receive the home care he needs. Read…
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Tags: Campaign, Democrats, guardian life insurance, health care, health care system, health insurance, health insurance industry, insurance companies, insurance company, matthew pearl, Repentance, Republicans
Sixteen Christian leaders talk faith, policy, justice, and reform. Featuring Jim Wallis, Harry R. Jackson Jr., Alveda King, Brian McLaren, Barbara Williams-Skinner, Noel Castellanos, Diana Butler Bass, and more.
“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We…
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Tags: abortions, affordable health care, Civility, common good, compassion, Conservative, consistent ethic of life, Democracy, Democrats, Evangelical, Evangelicals, faith community, Faith-based, government funding, health coverage, health plan, health plans, health-care debate, Healthcare, healthcare plan, healthcare reform, Human Rights, injustice, justice, Martin Luther King Jr., Personal Responsibility, Politics, public option, public policy, Racism, reform legislation, Religion, Religious Right, Republican, Republicans, sanctity of life, Segregation, social justice, values
In his speech last evening, President Barack Obama made the commitments that a broad coalition in the faith community had asked for — reform as a moral issue, affordable coverage for all, and no federal funding of abortion.
First, the faith community…
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Tags: Abortion, abortions, America, Change, Community, Congress, debate, Democrat, Democrats, economic crisis, faith community, health care, health insurance, Hope, justice, Kennedy, members of congress, moral issues, moral principle, policy arguments, Politics, President, reform, Republican, Republicans, social justice, social transformation, system, ted kennedy
I believe our nation works best with robust and civic dialogue and civil debate. For mature societal conversations to take place, at least two mature parties are required, and looking back over this summer, a second party is hard to…
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Tags: African-American, civic dialogue, civil debate, Conservative, Democrats, Election, foreign policy, health care, Immigrant, immigration reform, leadership, meet the press, Nazi, Politics, President Obama, protest, protestors, Religion, Republican, Republicans, ronald reagan, Segregation, slogans, thomas friedman, town hall, town hall meetings, Tribal, xenophobia
 In the aftermath of the 2004 presidential election, the Democrats were roundly accused of losing the “moral values voters” in America, and of being the party of “secularists” who were hostile to faith and religion.
The very first Democrat to call…
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Tags: Catholic, commitment, debate, Democrat, Democrats, Edward Kennedy, faith, Health, health care, health care system, moral compass, moral issues, moral obligation, moral values, morality, partisan, party, Politics, President, Presidential Election, Religion, secularists, senator edward kennedy, ted kennedy, values, Vote
I remember playing WWII as a boy. We would pick sides of American and Nazis. Of course, everyone wanted be the Americans, the good guys. The solution became to pretend the team you were on was the Americans and the…
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Tags: America, bad guys, Children, chris baker, Christian, civil debate, Cold War, debate, Democracy, Democrats, enemy, fear, glenn beck, good guys, Health, health care, health-care debate, manicheanism, mistrust, Nazi, peacemaker, peacemakers, Politics, President Obama, red, Republican, Russia, science, st augustine, St. Paul, USSR, worldview
Dear Senators and Members of Congress:
A lot of us out here—in red states and blue—would like to get your attention about health-care reform. Some of us are terrified of government inefficiency, and some of us are terrified of big business…
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Tags: America, basic health care, business price, Congress, Democrats, designer drugs, direct health, drug marketing, Election, employment, exaggeration, fears, free health care, government inefficiency, health care, health care clinics, health care reform, health care service, Hope, insurance company, malpractice lawsuits, market, medical lobby, members of congress, middlemen, misrepresentations, money, nurse practitioners, pharmaceutical lobby, physicians assistants, Poor, price gouging, red states, Republican, theologian
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