“In my opinion, a man in public life must think always of the public welfare. He must be careful not to mix his private and personal interests with his public actions,” said President Harry Truman, in his 1955 essay “A Public Man Must Live in the Present,” which he recorded for the This I Believe series.
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Entries from February 2008
February 23, 2008
On Responsibility of Leaders in Government
February 17, 2008
The Times They Are A-Changin’
In 2000, John McCain received spectacularly bad advice and, in an act of cowardice, compromised his principles. As Nicholas Kristof puts it:
[Mr. McCain's] most famous pander came in 2000, when, after earlier denouncing the Confederate flag as a “symbol of racism,” he embraced it as “a symbol of heritage.” To his credit, Mr. McCain later acknowledged, “I [...]
February 13, 2008
Everybody Wins With H-3588
What’s not to like about H-3588? It’s awesome; it’s brilliant; it’s perfect.
Why the SCV should decide to support H-3588
First of all, it’s going to get passed sooner or later, so the SCV might as well support it now. Second, it basically describes an awesome annual celebration of May 10, and the SCV can do whatever it wants [...]
February 13, 2008
The 9/11 Attack And The War in Iraq
The “Fly the Confederate Flag” legislation, which is often erroneously called the “Compromise to Take Down The Flag,” was passed in 2000. This legislation perpetuates the Civil War. The bill that I encourage people to support, H-3588, ends the Civil War and calls for annual celebrations of the historic day, May 10, 1865, when our country reunited.
Has anything happened in the [...]
