22 Aug, 2007 from washingtonpost.com - Harold Meyerson -- Washington Post Opinion Writer (washingtonpost.com)

A Dickens of a President

We should, I suppose, credit Lynne Cheney's love of the classics, or perhaps William Bennett's tireless efforts to instruct us in the great moral tales. Whatever the reason, it is clear that the Bush administration, in its campaign to prevent the states from providing health insurance to children in families of modest means, has paid careful heed to the following passage (which I abbreviate for reasons of space) from Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist." In it, the plucky young hero has been chosen by the other boys to ask the managers of the poorhouse in which they're locked up to increase their daily servings of gruel, lest they starve.

Harold Meyerson Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR2007082101422.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
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