Mashed potatoes
Mashed potatoes The Bush II administration is looking a lot like Bush I, though it also bears some resemblance to the Nixon-Ford and Reagan years. In choosing cabinet members and close...
...5 Donald Rumsfeld, as secretary of defense, is said to know the Pentagon and the ins and outs of military planning and technology...
...Is the goal (agenda) of the church, while showing compassion to gays, to support research to eliminate this objective disorder through means acceptable to the church, for example, genetic surgery in utero with no adverse side effects...
...Nor will he be sheltered even temporarily by the regard of the electorate...
...A close election in which he lost the popular vote and was awarded Florida's contested electoral vote by the U.S...
...Oh maybe, the Asiago cheese from Wisconsin (Governor Tommy Thompson), and the smoked elk from Colorado (Gale Norton) are a culinary reach for the down-home cook...
...Supreme Court's five most conservative justices leaves him on shaky ground, if not constitutionally than certainly politically and psychologically...
...6 (Continued from page 4) it is a virtual certainty that, given the rapid advances in these fields, we will know with a high level of confidence its causes within the next several decades...
...About John Ashcroft as attorney general, we are not so sanguine...
...Half of registered voters didn't go to the polls at all, and the more-than-half who did voted for his opponent...
...He must quickly show that he is able to govern the country and his divided party, and that he is able to work with congressional Democrats who will be ready to criticize and resist many of his measures, and certainly some of his appointments...
...Perhaps it is the president-elect more than anyone else who needs a good meal of comfort food as he takes office...
...Yet, those familiar faces, some from decades ago, belong on the comfort-food menu, especially for all of those who still hanker for Reagan's third term...
...There is not much the secretary of health and human services can do about Roe v. Wade as such, but we expect Thompson to conduct an intelligent and challenging debate with those who believe that the abortion right has no limits...
...Gale Norton (interior) and Governor Christie Whitman (environmental protection) will be in charge of air and water as well as set the rules for federal land use...
...Both men will be hard pressed to match the monetary expertise and finesse of Clinton treasury secretaries, Robert Rubin and Lawrence Summers...
...Voting rights Your stand against the bombastic activities of the Bush campaign was courageous, ("Votes Count," December 15, 2000...
...Bon appetit to those at the table...
...He knows or should know that a national missile defense appears to be technologically infeasible, but will he still be the front man who presides over Star Wars II—one of the most bizarre pipe dreams of the Reagan administration...
...More happily, we look forward to Governor Tommy Thompson's crossing swords with congressional Democrats over U.S...
...While the "national-interest-only" views of Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice deserve serious scrutiny, it is those who will oversee the economy, the environment, and the military that initially raise the most serious questions...
...DIANE LAVOS Natick, Mass...
...Until such time as the church can move toward a more neutral stance on the interpretation of the orientation itself—at root, a difficult, but serious theological and philosophical question—most dialogue between the gay community and the church will remain one of defensive posturing ROBERT J. COMISKEY Springfield, Va The editors comment: We doubt that the official church is supporting research to eliminate gays through genetic surgery, or otherwise...
...But with the deficit now under control is this a financially prudent move...
...The editorial echoes the sentiments of many Americans, even beyond partisanship, yet speaks volumes about our resilient, but battered democratic system of government and the primacy of the vote...
...But I also agree with those who said Gore should have asked for the statewide recount first thing, so it wouldn't look like he hand-picked the counties where he expected the most support...
...Is the cut intended as a sound economic measure or as part of the continuing Republican effort to downsize government...
...In choosing cabinet members and close advisers, President-elect George W. Bush is reaching into the Republican past for a range and depth of government experience wanting on his own resume...
...If there is a political equivalent of comfort food—familiar and consoling—Bush II looks to be it...
...I will keep a copy of your editorial with my Boston Globe from the day after the election as a reminder of the preciousness of my vote and everyone else's...
...abortion policy...
...In unprecedented circumstances, the presidency is Bush's to win, or not, post-election...
...Presidential delegation to more expert and experienced cabinet members was the practice of both Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, neither of whom was a policy wonk...
...The men and women Bush has gathered for his administration seem to promise a conservative agenda pragmatically carried out, yet there are some pointed questions to be asked about their plans...
...Bush does not come to office with that cushion: he lacks charisma and shows few signs of political acuity...
...We shuddered at and dismissed the thought that the appointment of two women to these posts will leave lots of room for the oil guys to get their way—sounds too much like a sexist conspiracy...
...Such a thought sends tremors of fear and distrust into the minds and hearts of the gay community, who are already fighting an uphill battle for their legitimate place at the Lord's table...
...Their ideas and records are not promising...
...Do Paul O'Neill, named secretary of the treasury, and Lawrence Lindsey, designated to head the Council of Economic Advisers, have the knowledge or skills for making a soft landing if the downturn grows...
...On the other hand, both men were deeply trusted and regarded with affection by a large number of Americans...
...Bush has been playing up the current economic slow-down, perhaps as a prelude to a large tax cut...
Vol. 128 • January 2001 • No. 1
