Camilla Would be Queen
to the throne, the government said last night, flatly contradicting
assurances from the Royal Family that she will not. The Department for
Constitutional Affairs last night said that unless parliament passes
dedicated legislation dictating her status, Mrs Parker Bowles will become
Queen Camilla upon her husband’s succession."
The family dispute that divides a nation
MN Student kills grandparents, fellow studentsurder
founder of Operation Rescue
leads protesters outside the
Hospice of Terri Schiavo
Whip Roy Blunt address members of the media
about the Terri Schiavo case
cutting short holiday weekend
called the debate over Schiavo legislation "a great political issue" that
would appeal to the party's base, or core, supporters. The memo singled
out Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., who is up for re-election next year.
REPUBLICAN PLAN TO USE
CASE FOR POLITICAL GAIN
to save Mrs. Schiavo as an
extension of the war over judicial
nominations and "activist" judges
Terri" sound truck, they are making it less likely that any patient in
the future will be able to pay for the care they say Schiavo and
others must have even over the objections of family.
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love the Terri Schiavo situation. An
important part of their power base,
the Fundamentalists, clearly have
made the Schiavo case a litmus test
for conservative credentials.
The protesters outside the Florida
hospice are a sure sign that the
grassroots of this voting bloc are
mobilized and entrenched.
Compromise is not an option with this
group. They are following laws which
may or may not match the ones the
rest of us are constrained by.
So the politicians follow. Eager to
prove that they will make a big show
of whatever private decision they
decide they want in on. After never
being an issue worth mentioning in
Congress, even through two other
feeding tube removals, all of a
sudden Tom DeLay and the rest of
the party make it a heart wrenching
disaster and here they come to save
the day. In one fail swoop they
destroy the concept of State’s rights
and insert themselves in charge of
the entire situation.
Another Soviet Union deja vu.
You know, watching their press
conference you can see that deep
down the Republicans sincerely care
about Terri Schiavo. The passion
they show is real. They want so much
for this woman to be alive they have
just about convinced themselves that
she is only somewhat ‘disabled’.
Sometimes I feel that we need
conservatives to turn up their empathy.
But maybe we really should ask them to
turn it down a few notches.
Instead of putting it all in one thing at
a time like the Terri Schiavo case -
spread it out a bit. Give it up for
getting everyone health care so if
they are alive they can feel good too.
Save a little compassion for kids who
need Head Start to have a shot at a
decent education. Show a little
empathy toward some of the other
countries we share this rock with.
Don’t just pick a cause and give it
500% of your attention.
Don’t care so much.
At least not all at once.
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"It is incomprehensible that a government
can walk all over somebody's private
judicial matter because of their own
personal feelings. It is just horrible the way
the government is acting. This is what Terri
wanted. It is her wish."
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Taking Back the Campuses
Katrina vanden Heuvel
For all the talk of left-wing bias in academia, little notice has been given to the right's growing influence on America's
college campuses. As part of the conservative message machine's decades-long project to spread its ideology, the
right currently pumps over $35 million a year into college campuses, funding speakers, backing conservative papers,
and pampering young leaders with internships and job opportunities.
In the past month, however, two promising organizations have emerged to aggressively counter the right's operations
and promote progressive values on campuses and beyond.
The Center for American Progress officially launched its Campus Progress initiative in February, and has already
created significant media buzz with its "Name Ann Coulter's Next Book" contest (the winning submission was
"Roosevelt: Wheelchair-Riding, America-Hating Terrorist"). Campus Progress currently provides funding to fourteen
progressive college papers nationwide, sponsors film screenings and lectures by CAP fellows and progressive leaders,
and in July, will host a national student conference in Washington. (In addition to providing speakers to the lecture
circuit, The Nation will be co-sponsoring the student conference.)
The Roosevelt Institution, America's first national student-run think thank, also emerged this February. Independently
launched by students at Stanford University, the Roosevelt Institution hopes to counter the far-reaching impact of
right-wing think tanks-- such as Stanford's own Hoover Institution--with fresh progressive ideas and policy suggestions.
Instead of seeing student papers such as Jenny Tolan's thesis on AIDS in Africa filed away, the Roosevelt Institution is
ensuring that these findings are brought to the attention of the public.
"Progressive students are already generating smart, bold ideas in their classes everyday," Kai Stinchcombe, president
of the think tank, told the Stanford Daily. "The Roosevelt Institution fills a huge, but relatively simple, need by providing
an infrastructure to forward those ideas to the public, to influence the decision makers." The institution has grown
rapidly since its inception, opening branches at Yale, Columbia, Middlebury; dozens of other schools have chapters
underway.
The campus left looks more organized and unified than it has been in decades.
