Kwame Anthony Appiah
British-Ghanaian philosopher at New York University, author of Cosmopolitanism and The Honor Code, president of PEN American Center from 2009 to 2012.
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Their wordsthe presidency is a very constrained office and it is extremely hard, even when you have both houses controlled by your party, to get things done.
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Their wordsBoth of these things are good for America, I believe, and the first was especially good for black America which is disproportionately underserved by our current healthcare system.
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Their wordsIn dealing with the financial crisis, for example, so it seems to me, his administration has done too little for the poor and too much to please the masters and mistresses of the world of finance.
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Their wordsThe presidency also leads even those who are instinctively suspicious of an over-reaching executive to seek to enlarge and protect powers that are democratically suspect
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Their wordsThose who complain on this account should probably not focus their objections on the President.
- 13 months earlier
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Their wordstalking about why it would not be a good idea to develop a treaty urging states to criminalize defamation of religions. What we urge, instead, is the sustenance of respectful dialogue between people of all faiths and none.
↗Defamation of Religions: What–and what not–to do about it …web.archive.org
- 10 months earlier
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Their wordsThey and about forty other writers, journalists and bloggers are the victims of Chinese laws and legal procedures that are in violation of international human rights treaties
↗Liu Xiaobo Sentenced In Chinaweb.archive.org 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsLiu’s most important offense is his promotion of Charter 08, the wonderful document asking for real democracy in China
↗Liu Xiaobo Sentenced In Chinaweb.archive.org 2nd of 2 in this piece