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WALTER CRONKITE PROMOTES DEMOCRATIC FEDERAL WORLD GOVERNMENT (Received W.F.A.'s Norman Cousins Global Governance Award on 19 October 1999} I am greatly honored to receive this award for two reasons: first, I believe as Norman Cousins did that the first priority of humankind in this era is to establish an effective system of world law that will assure peace with justice among the peoples of the world; second, I feel sentimental about this award because half a century ago Norman offered me a job as spokesman and Washington lobbyist for the World Federalist organization, which was then in its infancy. I...

Liberals in recent days have begun to assert their moral superiority over conservatives on various social issues. The Minneapolis Star Tribune, for instance, ran an editorial urging people to realize that the "state budget is a moral document." In a post-election appearance at Tufts University, Hillary Clinton said "No one can read the New Testament of our Bible without recognizing that Jesus had a lot more to say about how we treat the poor than most of the issues that were talked about in this election." It's all in the spirit of alluring "religious" voters. In the third presidential...