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I regard the use of "no regrets" as being actively flippant and narcissistic. Fallible humans, serious people with consciences--should have regrets! There have been many commencement speeches with this fatuous line. What do the armchair philosophers here on FR think of it, where it came from and how can anyone be so arrogant as to expect to make no mistake, never be foolish, or always excuse and dismiss the hard lessons that come with regret?

The Obama campaign has finally released the transcript of his endorsement interview with the Des Moines Register--and it is clear why they were reluctant to do so: the President says he has "absolutely" no regrets about ignoring the economy during the first two years of his term, when Democrats controlled Congress. Here is the key part of the exchange: Q: Yes, that begs a question from us, Mr. President. Some say you had a super majority in your first two years and had this incredible opportunity, but because of what you were talking about, as you were running, you had...

In an interview published Sunday with the German mag Der Spiegel, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he didn't miss going to the GOP national convention because it lacked "bipartisanship." He compared the "hard core" who run the national party to California's GOP leaders: "I have almost no contact with them – none. Because they're just so out there." That should help round up those GOP votes for his budget proposal …

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has acknowledged using steroids during his years as a champion bodybuilder, said he doesn't regret using the performance-enhancing drugs. In an interview broadcast Sunday, Schwarzenegger told ABC's George Stephanopoulos, "I have no regrets about it, because at that time, it was something new that came on the market, and we went to the doctor and did it under doctors' supervision." Schwarzenegger has acknowledged taking steroids, but pointed out that they were legal at the time. "We were experimenting with it. It was a new thing. So you can't roll the clock back and say, 'Now I...

Arnold Schwarzenegger says he's not sorry for pumping up with steroids during his heyday as a champion bodybuilder. "I have no regrets about it, because at that time, it was something new that came on the market, and we went to the doctor and did it under doctors' supervision," the action hero turned Governator told ABC's George Stephanopoulos.

Schwarzenegger: No Regrets About Steroids Sat Feb 26, 8:53 AM ET SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites), who has acknowledged using steroids during his years as a champion body builder, said he doesn't regret using the performance-enhancing drugs. In an interview to be broadcast Sunday, Schwarzenegger told ABC's George Stephanopoulos, "I have no regrets about it, because at that time, it was something new that came on the market, and we went to the doctor and did it under doctors' supervision." Schwarzenegger has acknowledged taking steroids, but pointed out that they were legal at the time....

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger acknowledged using steroids during his years as a champion body builder and said he would still have used them even knowing what he knows now about the adverse effects of the performance-enhancing drugs. In an interview to be broadcast Sunday, Schwarzenegger told ABC's George Stephanopoulos, "I have no regrets about it, because at that time, it was something new that came on the market, and we went to the doctor and did it under doctors' supervision. We were experimenting with it. It was a new thing. So you can't roll the clock back and...

<p>MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Defiant despite a crushing election defeat, outgoing Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said Monday he does not regret supporting the war in Iraq and criticized his successor's plan to withdraw Spanish troops.</p> <p>Aznar's remarks were his first in public since the March 14 general election in which his conservative Popular Party crashed to surprise defeat amid charges that he had provoked the Madrid rail bombings three days earlier by backing the war. The attack killed 202 people and wounded more than 1,800.</p>

The decision was unanimous and harsh. Nine members of Alabama's judicial ethics court found Roy Moore guilty and immediately threw him off the bench. The panel said Moore put himself above the law by refusing to obey a court order to move the Ten Commandments from the courthouse rotunda. Presiding Judge William Thompson read from the ruling, "In defying that court's order, the Chief Justice placed himself above the law. No man in this country is so high that he is above the law." Moore remained as defiant as ever. Soon after the court's ruling, he said he had no...

<p>SACRAMENTO - With the nation on the brink of war, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer says she has no regrets about her vote last October against the use of military force in Iraq and suggested it might provide a re-election boost.</p>