What criteria should we use to judge the welfare state; the institution, whose most prominent features in the U.S. are public education, Social Security, income support, poverty relief, Medicare and Medicaid?

To meet its overarching goal of advancing the common good through the provision of positive freedom and second generation rights, the welfare state aims to reduce and prevent social suffering

The only thing more mind-numbing than Bush's absolute disengagement over the current (and growing) financial crisis is the steadfast, continued support of him by a small minority. Now, that's loyalty - or is it ignorance?

• The master of "What, me worry?*" leadership will always be remembered as the guy who:

• Was positively shocked to find out that gas will probably go up to $4 a gallon this

If you are watching TV or listening to Radio, shut it off and start looking up where the candidates stand on the issues.

One thing we have, is a  race that is based on personalities, not on the issues and the things we are going to be living with for the next four to eight years. If you do see or hear some one bring up a candidate's positions, they are over ran with a slew of venom and/or

Abortion...

I Come at this issue, from the perspective of one who was born post "roe v.
wade" and a son of a mother who had seven miscarriages; I am a survivor, one of millions.

That same mother told me the stories about the time she worked in a doctors
office that was located in the same building as an abortion clinic. The stories
about the small body parts in the sink, when the

 We have, as far as I know, three recognized candidates for president: Senator Clinton, Senator Obama and Senator McCain. Judging from recent radio and TV commentary, however, one would believe the Reverend J. Wright had just thrown his hat into the ring.

The Reverend's sudden political fame stems from a number of sermons (and particularly one connected with the September 11, 2001, attacks)

"Necessitous men are not free men.' Liberty requires opportunity to make a living - a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for." -

McCain opposed both Bush tax cuts, i.e. he voted against them in the Senate, becuase he beleived they disporportinately favored the rich (so he said back then). Considering the statements made in the "Economists Statement Opposing the Bush Tax Cuts" (not the mention the near universal conclusion among most analysists that the Bush tax cuts did not help spur the growth needed to pay for them &

The vast majority of Economists are liberals and even more support the Democratic Party. As a matter of fact the viewpoints of most economists form a good outline of contemporary liberalism. A study by Carnegie University and research by the Southern Economics Journal found the following:

• 71% of Economists beleive that income inquality in the U.S. is too high.
• 81% of Economists advocate a role for

As I watched tonight's debate between Obama and Clinton, one issue that raised my level of interest was the differing approaches that the two candidates had towards talks with Cuba. Clinton laid out a long series of preconditions that Cuba had to meet in order to earn a meeting with her, which essentially maintained the status quo. While Obama declared, and reconfirmed, his previous statement of

Well, it looks like another victory for Barack Obama today in overwhelming fashion, so what else is new? For those of you keeping score at home, this now makes it 11 wins for Obama and 0 for Hillary since Super Tuesday. In other words, she's got him right where she wants him.

 

By winning all those meaningless caucuses and small potatoes primaries, Obama gets lulled into a false sense of security,