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1.14.08 @ 12:01AM

FOND, SAD MEMORIES
Re: Mark Tooley's One New Year's in Washington:

Mark Tooley's "One New Year's in Washington" brings back fond memories of the Episcopal Church I grew up in and which has since vanished. One poignant image -- Mr. Tooley correctly identifies the great abolitionist hymn "Once to Every Man and Nation" -- with its unforgettable and stirring melody as such.

Unfortunately, "Once to Every Man and Nation" was purged from the Episcopal Hymnal when they discarded the 1940 Hymnal -- as they had the King James Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Articles of Religion for "good news" and political leftism -- probably because it was too Calvinist. So we see the lefties discarding the anthem of the abolitionist movement, the movement that had the greatest and noblest impact of any on the history of the United States.
-- Paul Windels III
Scarsdale, New York

Having been a member of Christ Church, Alexandria, for many years before moving to Florida, I was delighted to read about Mark Tooley's Christmas Eve there. It is indeed a place where time stands still. A walk among the gravestones in the yard puts you right into the 18th century and pictures in the library record the visits of many of our presidents. Wonderful memories rekindled!
-- Mimi Evans Winship

NO MORE CONFUSION
Re: Matt Bowman's Staring Decisis in the Face:

Clearly, Mayor Giuliani confuses slavish devotion to cherished precedents, e.g., Roe v. Wade, with judicial originalism or restraint. Thanks to you and Mr. Bowman for making this very clear. The Mayor's position effectively locks in precedents which deserve little deference in the first place.
-- G. Tracy Mehan, III
Vienna, Virginia

While most of the would-be Republican nominees for 2008 are seriously flawed when measured by the standard of our Constitution, Rudy Giuliani is yet the only one who I will absolutely, positively not vote for should he be the survivor when the primaries dust settles, due primarily to his morally bereft disposition toward the fundamental civil right to life.

That there are many hundreds of thousands of Americans of a similar mind on this is doubtless; Rudy thankfully has no chance, whatsoever.
-- Francis M. Hannon, Jr.
Melrose, Massachusetts

I am certainly no legal expert of any kind, but Mr. Bowman's column highlights what I have read in several places, by several writers, going back as far as the first of last year. The additional point that I have read in those articles is that, if you analyze Rudy G's appointments to the bench in NY City, you find typical liberal judges such as any Democrat would appoint.

Sorry, I do not trust Rudy G's pronouncements regarding what he would do about judicial appointments. Neither do I trust his pronouncements regarding the 2nd Amendment and possible additional gun control laws.
-- Ken Shreve

Here we go again. The Bowman piece on Giuliani's "monumental shortcomings" (in his view, and that of the anti-choice zealots, perhaps?), continued to exhibit the misplaced priorities of the right, in my opinion...

As a Deist and independent Independent (with Libertarian leanings), methinks we have to simply SURVIVE as a country before trying to fix all those uncomfortable little things like stem-cells and abortion -- take that up when we eventually get some breathing room, if that time ever does come. First things first.

And, sorry to say, to these well-seasoned eyes, it appears that Rudy Giuliani is the only guy with sufficient STRENGTH to get this ailing nation through the next few years of terrorism and Bad-Guy-Threats. Strength is the only thing that bunch comprehends.

So, no, I don't like abortions (but certainly am Pro-CHOICE; what is there about the word "choice" that people fail to understand?), but, putting our ducks-in-a-row/priorities in order, face it, no other candidate has the strength we so badly need.
-- Frost

SHE'S THE ONE
Re: Philip Klein's The First Lady President:

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