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...should know certain things; your answer will in all likelihood be yes, there is a common sensibility. But here’s the catch: Try getting those same 10 people into a room to decide precisely what every educated person ought to know. Try it! There will be no agreement. The trouble is not finding a coherent position, but sorting out other coherent positions with a method that will yield a legitimate result. Harvard tried this experiment recently. After months of navel-gazing, consultations, focus groups, and faculty meetings, they came to a compromise: Students would have to take courses...
...cycle where Republicans don't have much advantage or traction (or agreement) on other issues, security may be all that is left to unite them...
...party deal was a bright moment in what has turned out to be a fairly unsatisfying summit for Roh. The longtime foes were able to ink a deal promising to work toward a permanent peace agreement and boost economic ties between Seoul and Pyongyang. But the joint statement didn't really break any new ground. "We shouldn't be too impressed," says Kim Tae Woo, analyst at the Korea Institute of Defense Analysis. "The agreement does not create any dramatic changes to inter-Korean relations...
...feeling in Seoul is that Roh got very little in return for his efforts and walked away with a fuzzy agreement. And Kim, meanwhile, certainly didn't win any good will with the South Korean public either. The Dear Leader failed to attend two official dinners held for the South Korean delegation even after Roh's pledge to attend the controversial Airang Games, a massive synchronized gymnastic performance often used as a propaganda tool that glorifies the regime. Kim also appeared - to put it charitably - a little distant in Roh's company, a stark contrast to the first summit seven...
...surprisingly, the joint agreement also failed to make any mention of thorny issues such as the fate of both South Korean prisoners of war and abductees in North Korea. Perhaps Kim Jong Il will address those topics if he fulfills an earlier promise to visit the South's capital. But it's not likely...