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    Very interesting and illuminating comment, LeftVet. I am not a veteran (I lucked out with the lottery--was 1-A but got…
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    • It all depends on what "fixing the facts" means, don't it? `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in…
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    • What a wonderful comment!  Or, I should say, series of comments. One of the reasons I would rather see tenure…
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    • This is so true and so important.  Though I imagine sometimes that it would be nice to teach at a…
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    • I love being in academia, but am glad I spent years outside of it.  I like my colleagues quite a…
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    • No, and each one of us needs to choose her/his own battles.  I'm simply trying to offer encouragement for those…
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    • You are right, of course, that "they" have always been with us.  Channing's sermon raised a great deal of controversy.…
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    • Thanks, Lorraine.  One of the most fantastic things about the past is how useful it can be to us in…
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    • Nicely put.  I think a park with a memorial wouldn't seem too much like a cemetery--rather more like the Vietnam…
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    • When we forget about the personal relationships, we can never build a humane greater society, not matter how good our…
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    • Good comment.  The Republicans are doing everything they can to remove that catch.
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    • Good point: curiosity is the handmaiden of doubt... or maybe it's the other way around!
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    • Oh, I like those.  Both of them.  I'll roll them around on my tongue for a while. By the way:…
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    • Thinking about this, I realize that hi lack of doubt is one of the reasons I've never been comfortable with…
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    • History--and context--aren't really big things for those attacking the UN.  Come to think of it, neither is truth (remember those…
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    • Bush really does believe that he is a good person, and that anything bad he initiates is forced on him…
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    • Ouch. But you may have a point.
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    • You are right about that.  One of my complaints about academia, especially leftist academia, is that it doesn't look to…
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    • Thanks for that, and I agree completely.  There is no sense of exploration in his work, and no willingness to…
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    • Do you think it possible that Bush mis-spoke when he said "Democracy is on the march"? Maybe what he meant…
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