Our politics will not be able to find sensible solutions unless we start asserting our rights as citizens.
On Thursday, in Washington, they plan to ask a federal judge to stop the trial here from starting, asserting that the military commission system violates Mr. Hamdan's constitutional rights.
By the time 'Hungry Like the Wolf' became a global hit in 1983, they were the right boys in the right shade of rouge at the right time: MTV was just starting, asserting the primacy of 'look' over technique.
"It's like when you're in school and have a substitute teacher: you're going to push the envelope and see how much you can get away with before they catch on and start asserting their authority," Jaguars offensive lineman Uche Nwaneri said.
Felix Salmon urges stockholders to temper the little optimism they have:[I]f the recession gets to be as bad as people are increasingly expecting, fundamentals will eventually start asserting themselves -- and if we're unlucky, they'll do so in a violent downward manner, much as they did last fall.
When stories like these go into wide circulation, it's a sure bet that some on the left are going to start asserting — not that America is a great country with (unfortunately) some racists (all of which is true) — but that America is a predominantly racist country with some great people (i.e., those who support Barack Obama).
The fundamental thing is we need publishers to start asserting the value of copyrighted content much more, in general.
If the telcos are going to start asserting their right to decide what kind of information can or cannot go over the Internet, then they are asking for Net neutrality to once again become a big political issue.
And when that presence starts asserting itself even more, watch out!
He believes that the new constitution would put Aboriginal people in a position to start asserting their self-determination, but this can't happen if the government keeps "destroying our population".
