His latest book, "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead" (Harcourt, 2004), contends that the steady erosion of values and honesty in American society is real, and as ominous as many on the right contend.
When we consider the Great Depression, modern commentary from the left and right contends that bank failures were one of its major causes.
Many critics on both the left and right contend that the mandate amounts to a wasteful subsidy, and in a district with little to no farming activity, it might have been a sensible, little-noticed position to take.
Mr. Erdogan calls the case a matter of individual rights, contending that all Turks should be able to attend universities no matter what they wear or believe.
The McCain campaign and Republicans on Monday seized on a seven-year-old interview that Senator Barack Obama gave about the courts and civil rights, contending it provided further evidence of Mr. Obama's extremist economic positions.
But the center-right contends that a pardon could put dangerous criminals back on the streets.
Amnesty International's head of refugee and migrant rights contends that worry about the refugees adds "insult to injury".
Similarly, the NCC's Patients' rights contended that 'patients will get the best from the health service only when they know what is reasonable to expect of it, what their rights and responsibilities are and when they have the confidence and skill to exercise them'.
American experts say China is right in contending that the Aegis system could be adapted for use in a future, "upper-tier" defense that could spot incoming missiles early in their trajectory and target them high in the atmosphere or even above it -- the so-called theater missile defense that the United States and Japan are working to develop and that China strongly opposes.
In the past, the government has largely deflected charges of torture raised by human rights organizations, contending that any abuse was the work of a few bad actors.
