Matthew Arnold Stern » President Barack Obama

Compromise and other dirty words

Matthew Arnold Stern — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:42:50 +0000

I listened to both President Obama’s and House Speaker Boehner’s speeches tonight. Both of them said that the United States can’t be allowed to default. Both of them said that the government needs to cut spending. Both of them said that they don’t want the middle class and poor to suffer at the hands of …

Why people hate the good

Matthew Arnold Stern — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:19:17 +0000

My wife and I had a wonderful discussion about why people who try to do so much good in the world face so much opposition. She talked about how people like Jesus, Gandhi, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood for justice, compassion, and peace. Yet, they faced fierce and violent opposition, and they were …