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

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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...

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...

Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to...

Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to...

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system...

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system...

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...

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...

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....

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to...

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to...

I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt,...

I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt,...

Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most...

Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most...

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.

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...

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share...

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.