Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : U.S. politics

June 7 issue

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  Where’s a model of civility?

  The U.S. government has become so polarized that politicians seem incapable of finding their way to constructive decisions.

  The American people seem to have the same problem.

May 17 issue

• Unofficially, prayer is better

  “Let us pray” are words close to a Christian’s heart. Does it matter who says them? What if the call to prayer comes from the government?

May 10 issue

• Will U.S. endure?

  How long will the United States remain a major power?

April 26 issue

• Counterweight to distortion

  Extremism and distortion, staples of American politics, thrive with special intensity today. Tea partiers are up in arms figuratively, rogue militias literally. Fear and anger stake out large domains on the radio, Internet and television. Politicians and pundits declare the end of the world as we know it.

April 5 issue

• A step toward health care justice

  Passage of health care reform is a victory for principles of justice that Mennonites have affirmed in church statements and actively supported.

Feb. 1 issue

• Facts dispel church-state ‘confusion’

  WASHINGTON — Legal experts from the left and right hope a new statement of shared principles on religious expression in public life will lead to fewer church-state lawsuits.

Dec. 7, 2009 issue

• The new ‘church’?

  The debate on health care in MWR has missed a critical question.

Oct. 19, 2009 issue

• Freedom to fail?

  Writing on health care reform, David Weldy upholds individual freedom, including the “freedom to fail.” Apparently he believes it is OK if someone with a good job and health benefits gets cancer, has to quit work and loses his insurance, can’t make his house payment, loses his house and ends up bankrupt. I wonder how that person feels about his freedom to fail. Only the wealthy think using taxes to help those in need is a form of theft. Government is for the common good, and how we take care of the weakest says what kind of values our society has.

• Federal faith-based office director has a peace mission

  When David Myers accepted an appointment by the Obama administration, he wanted to help people of many faiths, races and cultures cooperate to get federal resources to needy communities.

Oct. 5, 2009 issue

• Health and freedom

  David L. Weldy’s letter on health care reform asks, “Should there be individual freedom and self-determination? Does an individual have a right to the fruits of one’s own labor? Is there any freedom if there is no freedom to fail?”

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