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...contrast with the cynicism of their elders, cannot hope to live up to expectations. The art of politics demands prudence—the rational faculty that determines, in a given situation, what is possible and practicable. Experience, habit, and keen observation help develop this faculty—an unadorned albeit indomitable hope is only a lazy substitute...
...pick their president? Does it boil down to raw identity politics? Or, even worse, is Hillary-hatred based on factors as (literally) cosmetic as her brow and laugh? Are we truly to choose a commander in chief based on the candidate’s marital history or a brief (albeit misguided) affinity for headbands...
...Taylor takes the puck up the ice, and David MacDonald actually logs a shorthanded shot (albeit one that Ben Scrivens easily saves). Cornell's power play looks really perplexed...
...fulfilled any other aspect of the supposedly ground-breaking deal he signed last year. But the warmth and musical harmony of Tuesday night in Pyongyang seemed to belie that impasse. And what dramatic possibilities there might have been. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was on the same peninsula, albeit in South Korea, attending the inauguration of that country's new President. If there had been a breakthrough, Rice, a classically trained pianist, could easily have made a flight into the North Korean capital. That would have been some encore...
...wives / I’ll move to Paris / Shoot some heroin / And fuck with the stars.” They’re not serious, of course. They’re just pointing out the fact that sex, drugs, and rock and roll is still an alluring—albeit chimeric—dream that provides the basis of modern pop culture. Within the extraordinary parameters of their synth-fueled daydream, success is attained only when they “Choke on [their] vomit / And that will be the end.” The dream they sing about is both...