Holding federal judges feet to the fire and asking them to be more engaged in the process of evaluating the government's claims, even though I think the Supreme Court has said repeatedly that they are not entitled to that, I think that they ought to do more of that.

NPR: Invoking the State Secrets Privilege

What I think is the most important takeaway from this soon to be forgotten incident is not that McFaul is a bad ambassador or that we ought to do a better job of preparing our ambassadors for the inevitable compromises with honesty that diplomacy demands.

FORBES: Michael McFaul and the End of the Reset

While that is true, I am struck by the Journal's absolute inability to understand that some of us think that the plight of people who do not have adequate rental housing ought to be addressed.

WSJ: I've Long Been a Champion of Fannie/Freddie Reform

Those things which ought to kill us do not.

WSJ: Augusten Burroughs on How to Live Unhappily Ever After

"We do not think that Iran ought to be playing that role at this moment in time, " he said.

BBC: US says Iran training Syrian militia

Because the American people, while they will and should participate in the election, engage in it, make their views known and then vote in November, they rightly do not believe that Washington ought to freeze and stop acting on their behalf.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The governor often says it's not his place to tell other countries what they ought to do.

BBC: Sir Mervyn, the UK and the euro

That may be distasteful to many outsiders but if pay structures better reflect information about the risks such star bankers are taking and if their pay levels do not inflate the compensation of everyone around them, it ought to be defended.

ECONOMIST: The revolution within

In some cases, the law insists that directors ought to know about dodgy goings-on, even if they do not.

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