MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/opinion/09brooks.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Cautious At Heart, by David Brooks

“Looking beneath Sotomayor’s identity politics.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/opinion/09douthat.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Not All Abortions Are Equal, by Russ Douthat

“The argument for unregulated abortion rests on the idea that where there are exceptions, there cannot be a rule…As a matter of moral philosophy, this makes a certain sense…But the law is a not a philosophy seminar. It’s the place where morality meets custom, and compromise, and common sense.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/opinion/09herbert.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

State of Shame, by Bob Herbert

“Foie gras and the abuse of farmworkers in New York.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/opinion/09aciman.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The Exodus Obama Forgot to Mention, by Andre Aciman

“Jews expelled from Arab lands lost all they had.”