Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
This just keeps coming up in her talk: TIME: Can you envision a point at which--if the race stays this close--Democratic Party elders would step in and say, "This is now hurting the party and whoever will be the nominee in the fall"? CLINTON: No, I really can't. I think people have short memories. Primary …
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Froma Harrop hits on something that this blog has "danced around" for some time, but can't be avoided: But there is a marriage debate we ought to have — or to put it more accurately, a non-marriage debate. Over half of American households are now headed by single people. They include young singles and confirmed …
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I used to think that it was the exclusive province of the Right to doubt the fact that Vince Foster had committed suicide in 1993, or to have reservations about his motive, internal or external. But, as Camille Paglia demonstrates, this is not the case: I for one have renewed questions about the 1993 suicide …
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The proposed plan to store in a central database every cell call, text message and email in the United Kingdom reminds me of a line from Bill Atwood's song "USSR," from his album 3:25 A.M.: ...and everything I do they see; there's always somebody near. He also sings about "across the sea, where men are …
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard can see sour relations all he wants to... The US-Saudi tango has been on thin ice ever since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Sixteen of the hijackers were Saudi nationals. The Bush family has cleaved closely to the Saudi monarchy, but strong factions in Washington see Riyadh's Wahabi monarchy as part of the …
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The People's Republic finally did it: California's supreme court ruled that a ban on gay marriage was unlawful Thursday, effectively leaving same-sex couples in America's most populous state free to tie the knot in a landmark ruling. In an opinion that analysts say could have nationwide implications for the issue, the seven-member panel voted 4-3 …
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This week's podcast is a departure; it's a speech given on 6 September 2007 by Paul Speltz, former U.S. Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, now President of Kissinger Associates (as in Henry Kissinger, Nixon's Secretary of State.)Â Paul's address is actually two speeches in one: An analysis of the 1997 Asian bank crisis and …
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CBN's David Brody always has a nose for a good story, and this, as my grandfather (the Duesenberg dealer in Washington) would say, is a "doozy:" I have been telling Brody File readers for months that if Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee he will make a pitch to win over independent/moderate Evangelicals. Well, we …
The present flap in Lebanon is one more example of this: The crises was sparked last week in Beirut when the government of Prime Minister Fouad al-Siniora ordered the communication and surveillance network at Runway 17 of Beirut Airport be dismantled, claiming it was "illegal and unconstitutional"... Hezbollah cried foul, claiming the network had been …
It wasn't supposed to happen this way: On Tuesday night, we mentioned the dustup between two Democratic pundits, Ms. Brazile and Mr. Begala, who engaged in a prime-time debate about the coalitions being built by Mr. Obama or Mrs. Clinton. Mr. Begala, a Clinton supporter, said the party could not win in November with just …
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