In The Absence Of Truth, Power Is

Whatever Else The Religious Right May Be, It Is A Bonanza For Its Opponents... Reports Of The Great Terror That Is Upon Us Are Raising Millions Of Dollars In Fund Appeals By Planned Parenthood, The American Civil Liberties Union, The National Organization For Women, Norman Lear's People For The American Way, And Others Who Claim To Believe That The Religious Right Is The Greatest Peril To American Democracy Since Joe Mccarthy.

We Shall Not Weary, We Shall Not Rest, As We Stand Guard At The Entrance Gates And The Exit Gates Of Life, And At Every Step Along Way Of Life, Bearing Witness In Word And Deed To The Dignity Of The Human Person-of Every Human Person.

Consumerism Is, Quite Precisely, The Consuming Of Life By The Things Consumed. It Is Living In A Manner That Is Measured By Having Rather Than Being... And Consumerism Is Hardly The Sin Of The Rich. The Poor, Driven By Discontent And Envy, May Be As Consumed By What They Do Not Have As The Rich Are Consumed By What They Do Have. The Question Is Not, Certainly Not Most Importantly, A Question About Economics. It Is First And Foremost A Cultural And Moral Problem Requiring A Cultural And Moral Remedy.

Genuine Tolerance Does Not Mean Ignoring Differences As If Differences Made No Difference. Genuine Tolerance Means Engaging Differences Within A Bond Of Civility And Respect.

In The Absence Of Truth, Power Is The Only Game In Town.