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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Friday, December 08, 2006

UN Human Rights Panel Needs Some Entry Standards

By Jeane J. Kirkpatrick

The absence of prerequisites for membership has created a United Nations Commission on Human Rights in which many of the world's worst human rights abusers sit in judgment on governments that have long institutionalized the rule of law and respect for individual rights and fundamental freedoms.

We need more Kirkpatricks in this world...

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