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...that sense, the Troubles tourism mirrors the odd resilience of Northern Ireland's stuttering peace process. Last week, after a panel of international witnesses confirmed that the i.r.a. had finally disposed of its immense arsenal as unionists had long demanded, the unionists' leader, Ian Paisley, seemed unable to accept yes for an answer. He implied he would keep stalling efforts to revive a power-sharing government in Belfast, because he didn't trust the i.r.a. Many other unionists fear his perpetual intransigence is losing them ground. But the reality of Ulster today is that no matter what Paisley does...
Down the road, at Thai restaurant Spice, waitress Panja Leymswan was more willing to accept Harvard’s two-to-one tree compensation. “The plan is good as long as the trees are replaced. It takes time for the trees to grow but they will grow,” she said...
...impressed by [Michael Brown's] willingness to accept responsibility for how incompetent everyone else was. He candidly admitted he was too trusting, too able, too overskilled to deal with all the retards around him. Overall, Jon, a heartfelt and stirring you-a culpa...
...easy to assign blame for theKatrina relief fiasco--there are plenty of targets. It is much harder to accept responsibility. What went wrong? The American people persist in voting for political demagogues who promise them continued services for lower taxes. Government is not, despite what Ronald Reagan claimed, the problem. Nor is it, as others have asserted, a beast that must be starved. Government is society's means to collectively address problems that are too large or costly for individuals to handle. In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve. By choosing lower taxes and minimal services...
Perhaps it's not surprising that the straight world isn't always ready to accept a gay kid. But the gay world doesn't seem ready either...