I Look Forward To The Day When

Any Education That Matters Is Liberal. All The Saving Truths, All The Healing Graces That Distinguish A Good Education From A Bad One Or A Full Education From A Half Empty One Are Contained In That Word.

It Is A Travesty, In My Mind, For The State And Local Governments On The One Hand To Expect The Federal Government To Reimburse Them For Costs Attributable To Illegal Immigrants, When On The Other Hand The State And Local Governments Prohibit Their Own Law Enforcement And Other Officials From Cooperating With The Immigration And Naturalization Service To Locate Or Apprehend Or Expel Illegal Aliens.

The Word Liberal Distinguishes Whatever Nourishes The Mind And Spirit From The Training Which Is Merely Practical Or Professional Or From The Trivialities Which Are No Training At All.

So Let Us Take Our Fair Share Of The True Refugees And Act Responsible As A Government In Providing For Their Necessary Expenses. Let Us Stop Skewing The Whole Process By Taking Some Folks Who Are Not Truly Refugees In Order Simply To Meet Our Foreign Policy Needs Or Domestic Policy Demands. There Has To Be A Better Way To Meet Those Needs And Demands Than We Are Doing Now. I Think It Is Embarrassing To All Of Us Who Truly Know The Mission Of The Refugee Act.

I Have Had The Rich Satisfaction Of Knowing And Working With Many Openly Gay And Lesbian Americans, And I Have Come To Realize That "gay" Is An Artificial Category When It Comes To Measuring A Man Or Woman's On-the-job Performance Or Commitment To Shared Goals. It Says Little About The Person. Our Differences And Prejudices Pale Next To Our Historic Challenge.