Our View: Bush secrecy undercuts transparency in government
The editorial condemns the Bush administration for secrecy actions that delay release of 25 year old documents and for defending Clinton era pardons. It argues this stance widens the rift between government and the people it serves while noting promises of openness clash with current practices and hypocrisy accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Administration
CIA
Bush Justice Department
U.S
Gladys Kessler
Judicial Watch
Clinton
Bushites
Iraq
Public Forum Address and Contact Options
The Odessa American lists methods to send opinions on issues. Include mail to Public Forum PO Box 2952 Odessa TX 79760 or fax to 915-883-7742. Online comments available via onletters link.freedom.com.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Forum
Odessa
Link
Freedom
Politicians contact addresses listed for Texas leaders
The document provides office and mailing addresses for U S Representatives Larry Combest Henry Bonilla and others, U S Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison, plus Texas state officials Buddy West Tom Craddick Teel Bivins and Governor Rick Perry in Austin and Odessa. Addresses include Longworth and Russell buildings in Washington and Austin P O boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Larry Combest
Lubbock
Longworth
Washington
D.C
E. 42Nd St
Odessa
Henry Bonilla
San Antonio
John Cornyn
Russell Senate
Kay Bailey Hutchison
George E
Buddy” West
Austin
Texas
Tom Craddick
Midland
Teel Bivins
Amarillo
Rick Perry
State Capitol
Quota logic and the Shadow in affirmative action
Thomas Sowell critiques James M. McPherson's defense of affirmative action, labeling it as clouding minds and redefining entitlements. He argues older white male advantages created unjust precedents, calls for individual accountability, warns against blaming abstract groups, and accuses academia of noblesse oblige. Sowell, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, stresses merit and equal treatment for individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. McPherson
Princeton University
McPherson
Princeton
Johns Hopkins
American Historical Association
Professor McPherson
Sowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Dennis Prager on Art and Moral Clarity
Dennis Prager argues that artistic genius often correlates with moral confusion. He cites Wagner, Karajan, Mailer, Fonda, Allen, Altman and others to claim artists frequently lack wisdom and ethics. He concludes worship of art explains moral misjudgments, noting his radio show and books.
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Hollywood
Richard Wagner
Beethoven
Mozart
Herbert von Karajan
Adolf Hitler
Paul Robeson
Joseph Stalin
Mass Murderer
Arturo Toscanini
Pablo Casals
Norman Mailer
Jack Abbott
Mailer
Abbott
Jane Fonda
America
Woody Allen
Mia Farrow
Robert Altman
Ed Asner
Richard
Europe
Germany
Prager
Los Angeles
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Tess
Salter
John Kerr
Ken Brodnax
Walt
Ichiki
Nein
Nyet
Thomas Lowell
Dennis Prager
Lallard
Lillmore
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