The FAITH Movement has never shied away from recognising problems: a look through the back editions of this magazine reveals plenty of blunt talk about challenges within the Church and in Western society, occasionally with a note of gloomy relish. (faith.org.uk)
This was unusually blunt talk from a White House that until now has fastidiously avoided the phrase «global warming» and repeatedly expressed doubts about the clarity of the science underlying the theory that emissions from smokestacks and tailpipes were heating the atmosphere in ways that posed a threat. (nytimes.com)
This kind of blunt talk about popular programs is politically perilous. (timesunion.com)