The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that it's National Pickle Month should make them eat more pickles.

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Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been...

Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been...

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is...

Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is...

If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee....

If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee....

For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it...

For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it...

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't...

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't...

The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people...

The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people...

It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.

It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.

I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so...

I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so...

But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask...

But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask...

There's a lot to be said for not displacing people.

There's a lot to be said for not displacing people.

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of...

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of...

But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these...

But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these...

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with...

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with...

The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio,...

The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio,...

It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much...

It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much...

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does...

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does...

It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a...

It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a...

In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy...

In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy...