They address sensitive topics not by censoring or confining speech, but rather by forthrightly addressing questions that have too often gone unasked, by expanding the perspectives represented in our artwork and campus symbols, and by provoking further discussion.
If Anthony M. Kennedy, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen G. Breyer had forthrightly answered questions about their judicial philosophies, they almost certainly would have been confirmed anyway; all of them belong in the large middle ground of American politics.
On Tuesday, Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley of Boston and Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston spoke discreetly, while trying to respond forthrightly to questions about why the cardinals have delayed setting the date of the conclave, and whether they would learn the contents of a confidential dossier on the leaks scandal that was said to have been given to Benedict before he resigned.
Reached this morning by telephone, the congressman pledged to "answer forthrightly any questions posed" to him by me or anyone else on the subject.
Beverly answered my questions forthrightly.
Although Mr. Brin hardly conducted himself as a media executive — he had no big entourage and answered every question forthrightly — he certainly espoused values the business holds dear.
She ought to forthrightly address the questions that have accumulated in recent days and make clear that she intends to set a higher standard for her service as a senator.
The three girls lost their composure only once that morning, and that was when a woman who had recognized them as coming from "Jerry's church" answered their questions forthrightly but treated the girls with the amused condescension that adults show when they buy lemonade from a little kid's roadside stand.
Asked if she thought Senator Obama was dishonest, McCain's Mean Girl meandered: "I'm not saying he's dishonest, but in terms of judgment, in terms of being able to answer a question forthrightly, it has two different parts to this.
But he would be wise to respond quickly and forthrightly as these questions come to the center stage.
Immediately following it is "Tonight I'm Getting Over You," which is the only song here forthrightly to address the question of how to transition Ms. Jepsen from ingénue to pop machine.
