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The number is startling. Only 22 percent of Americans "trust the government in Washington almost always or most of the time," according to the Pew Research Center. "Trust in government rarely gets this low," said Andrew Kohut, the center's director. This is a dangerous trend because it reflects our growing inability to trust one another, to work together to solve common problems. And Lord knows we have them: from warring terrorists and warming temperatures to the demographic car bomb of retiring baby boomers that's about to...
Seventeen years ago, when Colin Powell was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he declared that "open homosexuality" was "incompatible" with military service. At the time, he was defending the policy of "don't ask, don't tell," which forced gay and lesbian soldiers to hide their sexuality or leave the service. But now he thinks that policy should be repealed. "Today we've changed," he told ABC's "This Week." "The country has changed." Powell is right. When it comes to sexual orientation, this is a far more open and...
