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An activist for moderation.(OPINION)

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From: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 20050909
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Byline: Carla Seaquist

GIG HARBOR, WASH. -- 'Things fall apart," poet William Butler Yeats famously wrote, "the centre cannot hold."

Written just after World War I, Yeats's lines suggest themselves now - with the fourth anniversary of 9/11 - when the "center" in America seems incapable of holding against the extreme. Politically, the far right has forced us into militarism abroad that risks what Yeats called the "blood-dimmed tide" of anarchy. Culturally, the far left entertains us with excess such as "The Aristocrats," a film proudly featuring variations of "the ...

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