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Timing, priorities, political capital, and why Brian Pierce should be patient
At the risk of inflaming the Rainbow Panther brigade, Brian Pierce should simmer down about Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, (”DADT”) at least for a little while. Even the most strident gay rights advocate should be able to see that the progressive cause is facing more pressing national priorities right now, like health care reform and the global economic crisis. Taking up DADT right now would be a distraction that would cost the Obama Administration too much political capital. Read more…
The Year in People
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Peter to Pay Paul
I do not normally read poetry. Generally I do not go in for over the top sentiment. However, the current environment and the government’s reaction to it reminds me of the Rudyard Kipling poem “If.” It seems to me that the international leaders, the markets investors, and pretty much everyone else should read this poem and remember what it is to be a grown up?
Is this a crisis? You betcha. But as is generally the case it is looking more and more like the cure will be more deadly than the disease.