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...Green Mountain State was once an independent republic, and it still goes its own way; a 2007 statewide poll found 13% support for secession. Vermont was the only state to support the Anti-Masonic ticket in 1832, the only state except Utah to go for President Taft in 1912, the only state except nearby Maine to oppose President Roosevelt in 1936. No one has ever claimed that as Vermont goes, so goes the nation. So on Tuesday, when Vermont's voters go to the polls, the world will be watching - Texas and Ohio...
...Critics might still complain that Plan Colombia - which has made the South American nation the third-largest recipient of U.S. military aid outside Iraq - is ignoring its original purpose. But the Bush Administration would argue that by beheading the FARC, Plan Colombia is actually fulfilling its anti-drug mandate - because at least half of the between $500 million and $1 billion the FARC is believed to earn each year is derived from protecting Colombian cocaine trafficking. The other half is made via ransom kidnapping - the FARC currently holds more than 700 hostages in its jungle redoubts, including three Americans - which...
...Nazi Literature” may not be Bolaño’s most important work, but it’s enjoyable and meaningful enough to be read alongside his best.The book is divided into 14 sections, ranging from “Forerunners and Figures of the Anti-Enlightenment” to “Magicians, Mercenaries and Miserable Creatures.” Bolaño presents each chapter as an objective portrait of one writer’s life and literature—and that literature is often as hilarious and absurd as it is disturbing.When...
...afloat.” The legendary production devised by renowned director Peter M. Sellars ’80 made visionary use of the Adams House Pool, now a common venue for Harvard theater. Sellars’ production is just one example of the experimental, anti-establishment creative work that has profited from the use of house facilities. Basement darkrooms and dance facilities give students the opportunity to make art outside of established venues such as Sanders Theater or the Carpenter Center.But while these facilities are advertised as being open to all, some have gone unused in recent years, and relatively...
...prophecy back in 1917. So would an even more topical prediction: that if Russia were not converted to Catholicism, that nation would "spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the church." From that moment on, Fatima provided mystical expression, and became inextricably entwined, with Catholic anti-communism...