Toward the end of the editorial, the Post drifts back to misguided state chauvinism: Thus far, four states have entered into the winner-take-all compact: Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey and Maryland.
In concluding that "coupled with new fuel economy standards, such a tax could take this country a long way toward reducing carbon emissions," the editorial is recommending two policies that offset one another in their effects on total emissions.
Toward the end of the editorial, Uncle Sam is seen pointing elsewhere: "He's pointing at you, Osama bin Laden, and every other organization that spends its entire existence trying to buy what can't be bought and break what cannot be broken".
I disagree with your headline "Congress Slinks Toward the Holidays" (editorial, Dec. 22).
(This was also true of the editorial perspective toward advertisements at the time.
(Although this is legal, the editorial mood toward such ads sometimes shifted, and Holmes would have to juggle them among magazines).
(This was also true of the editorial perspective toward advertisements at the time. As Thomas Kunkel notes, in his 2001 book "Letters from the Editor," Harold Ross, the founding editor of The New Yorker, banned ads for popular hotels or clubs that excluded Jews in 1942).
3. Analyze the editorial and discuss school and local attitudes toward the election in groups.
The rest of the editorial is your usual critique or condemnation of Israeli policy: toward Hamas, toward Egypt, toward the Palestinian Authority.
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