Reagan Is The Republican Fdr, An Exemplar

Once The Cry And The Cause Of A Generation Of Progressives To Make America Safer, Fairer And Cleaner, 'regulation' Is Now A Dirty Word In Our Politics. Even Democrats Are Quick To Talk About Cutting Regulations; Republicans Hate Them With - How To Put It? - Evangelical Fervor.

Like The Bible-a Document That Often Contradicts Itself And From Which One Can Construct Sharply Different Arguments-theology Is The Product Of Human Hands And Hearts.

In America, Now, Let Us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, Agnostic, Atheist, Wiccan, Whatever - Fight Nativism With The Same Strength And Conviction That We Fight Terrorism. My Faith Calls On Its Followers To Love One's Enemies. A Tall Order, That - Perhaps The Tallest Of All.

Anyone Weighing Whether To Re-elect The President Should Take The Bin Laden Operation Into Account: It Is A Powerful Exhibit That Obama Is A Steely Commander In Chief - A Critical Test For Many Americans.

Cynically But Accurately Put, Americans Oppose Public Intervention Or Regulation If It Helps Others, But Favor It If It Helps Them - Take Social Security, Disaster Relief, Public Works Projects, For Example.