“I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.”
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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum.
Arafat was a barrier to peace.
Voters did say 'repeal health care, ' they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from the tea party or anywhere said 'give tax breaks to the wealthiest.'