Several themes of the Hillary/Obama contest are likely to remain relevant for the general election. Among them are two of Hillary’s favorite canards: (1) that Obama lacks experience, and (2) that Obama is an elitist. At least that’s the lesson of the GOP’s new anti-Obama attack ad, described at the The Caucus today.
His momentary break from the campaign trail, and return in triumph to Washington, D.C., should give him a chance to allay some of these concerns, if he plays his cards right. Suggestion to Mr. Obama - start acting magnanimously, and start making the right kinds of connections in your campaign.
The statue to the left - outside of the New York Supreme Court building at Madison Square Park - bears the caption mentioned in this title.
This statement - an iteration of the fundamental guarantee of the due process clause of the Constitution - embodies democracy’s greatest defense against tyranny: that every law ought to be tied to reality through wisdom.
The question, of course, is what is wisdom? In what manner of wisdom
must the law find its basis, for it to not be a menace to democracy? It goes without saying that one man’s wisdom is another’s folk tale, and accordingly, I think the law oversteps its bounds and enters perilous territory when it reaches beyond the most fundamental baselines of society. The law that rests on subjective morality rests on dubious ground indeed, and is liable to collapse upon itself, like Vortigern’s Tower, with no Merlin to prop it up.
Progressive political thought, spin, and a reaffirmation of the foundational values of equal justice and reason.
Ames Grawert is a law student at NYU and a New Yorker. His experience ranges from law to ancient history, and includes a tiny bit of science.
R. Timothy Brady is a composer and a New Yorker. He has written an award-winning opera, Edalat Square, which will be performed in Houston, Texas this summer. He is also the founder of the Soulbird Music Project, a collaborative charitable organization focusing on the nexus between music and human rights.
Senator John McCain sharply increased his spending in June as he ramped up his campaign and his presumed Democratic opponent became clear, according to new filings with the Federal Election Commission.
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