I don't see lethality as the problem. I mean, the lethality of US forces is quite remarkable.
Most of the well-known American feminists of the 19th century did not come out against the institution of marriage.
If a woman makes a unilateral decision to bring a pregnancy to term, and the biological father does not, and cannot, share in this decision, he should not be liable for 21 years of support. . . autonomous women making independent decisions about their lives should not expect men to finance their choice.
If supporters of equality for women want to vote for the best candidate, they must look to a person regardless of gender and must disregard the gender of political opponents.
Most of us believe that women can do what men do. The challenge is to convince employers, legislators, mothers, that men can do what women do.
In 1989, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that minority set-aside programs in municipal contracts were unconstitutional. The court wondered if there were proof that people of color even want to receive municipal contracts.
Just as the Supreme Court has said that women have the right to choose whether or not to be parents, men should also have that right.
I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.
The problem with describing poets as legislators is that at that level of politics - politics as political invention - poets have no special skills and are not apt to.
Rock music sounds like an octopus making love to a bagpipe.
The rules themselves are clear enough, and within everyone’s reach. But many forces, both within ourselves and in the environment, stand in the way. It is a little like trying to lose weight: everyone knows what it takes, everyone wants to do it, yet it is next to impossible for so many.