The following quotes all have something in common:”It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error”– United States Supreme Court …
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Obama heads to Asia, breaks foreign travel record
November 12th, 2009 |
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US President Barack has travelled to more countries in his first year in office than any of his predecessors and now, will undertake a nine-day tour of Asia.
Since taking office, he has made seven foreign trips and visited 16 countries, three of them twice.
The Asia trip will take him to Japan, Singapore, China and South [...]
Frans de Waal: Sotomayer’s Empathy: Not for the Birds
July 12th, 2009 |
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That a candidate for the Supreme Court needs empathy, as Obama emphasized, is almost too obvious to pay attention to. Because apart from psychopaths, all…



