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Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages, a delicate, robust, mournful psalm at the great junction of spiritual cultures.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Across Ages Cultures Delicate Festival Great Jerusalem Lamentation Robust Sigh Song Spiritual

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Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and civil liberties.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Behaves Boldly Certain Civil Civil Liberties Force Left Liberties Like Military Military Force Obama Programs Right Social Who

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If you have never been tortured, or locked up and verbally threatened, you may find it hard to believe that anyone would confess to something he had not done. Intuition holds that the innocent do not make false confessions.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Anyone Been Believe Confess Confessions Done False Find Had Hard He Holds Innocent Intuition Locked Locked Up Make May Never Something Threatened Tortured Up Verbally Would You

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Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Affairs Doing Dramatic Drawn Eye Flourishes Foreign Hand Important Job Leaving Like Magician Other Performing Sometimes Unnoticed Watching

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Caricatures created by politics never fit comfortably into the Oval Office.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Caricatures Comfortably Created Fit Never Office Oval Oval Office Politics

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Eisenhower was less deferential to the military than he seemed likely to be, Kennedy was not at all beholden to the pope, George W. Bush was smarter than portrayed and Barack Obama has not led a charge from the left - least of all on behalf of the civil liberties that have eroded since September 11, 2001.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Barack Barack Obama Behalf Beholden Bush Charge Civil Civil Liberties Eisenhower Eroded George George W George W. Bush He Kennedy Least Led Left Less Liberties Likely Military Obama Pope Portrayed Seemed September Since Smarter Than

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Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Affairs Area Begin Both Center Domestic Drive Enforcement Foreign Intelligence Law Law Enforcement Matter Most Policy Political Presidents Spectrum State Tend Toward Where

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There's something about Barack Obama that induces Americans to imagine what they cannot see. The Right envisions a vile socialist, while many on the Left picture an inspired liberal, politically restrained in his first term but now free to pursue his true beliefs.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: About American Barack Barack Obama Beliefs Cannot First First Term Free His Imagine Inspired Left Liberal Many Now Obama Picture Politically Pursue Restrained Right See Socialist Something Term True Vile While

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Obama prefers to look forward, not back, as he has stated. So at least during his tenure, there will be no reliable record compiled as a cautionary tale for lawmakers and presidents in future times of crisis. This is the historical Obama.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Back Crisis Forward Future He His Historical Lawmakers Least Look Obama Presidents Record Reliable Stated Tale Tenure Times Will

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Obama has already rejected the bright sunlight of public knowledge, which is democracy's great disinfectant and cure.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Bright Cure Democracy Great Knowledge Obama Public Rejected Sunlight Which

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 3rd, 1942

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