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...protection from them but to defend against the possibility that a nasty regime in North Korea or Iraq or Iran will soon be able to loft a missile at America. A nuke is more likely to come in a suitcase than on a warhead, but the hurry-up argument doesn't deal with that fact. "We're already too late," says an aide...
...sake of argument, assume for a moment that blacks and Hispanics are worse drivers--more likely to drive drunk, more likely to be involved in fatalities. (We know from federal studies that only 51% of blacks wear seat belts, vs. 62% of whites.) But is any of that relevant? Worries about traffic safety may be one reason minorities are stopped more often than whites, but those concerns don't explain--at least not entirely--why they are searched more often. Cops search cars for many reasons besides traffic safety--usually because the officers smell or see something...
...cross-border human-rights prosecutions has been aroused by the Pinochet and Milosevic indictments. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres maintains that the same principle could be applied against any Palestinian representative who had been involved in terrorist actions and wreak havoc with European efforts to engage with both sides. That argument may resonate with politicians engaged in trying to revive the peace process, but it?s unlikely to deter the lawyers and judges pursuing cases against Israeli leaders. And that has forced Israel's foreign ministry to counsel extreme caution to traveling officials. Any Israeli military and political leaders potentially vulnerable...
...Pollsters like Andrew Kohut are now putting this spin on sensational news: The public doesn't really want to read about it - doesn't really pay that much attention, for example, to the Chandra Levy-Gary Condit story. This argument suggests that Americans are much more high-minded than the drooling, cynical media seem to assume. The theory flatters our self-esteem...
...ails the system. Bush and his top aides argue that allowing Americans to put a part of their Social Security nest egg into personal retirement accounts makes good sense for the retirees and the system as a whole. The return on Social Security is pitifully low, they complain, an argument appealing to younger voters who are just starting to pay into the system. They have more experience than their elders in playing the stock market where there can be higher returns. "It's wrong to mislead people with promises of 'trust the government, you'll be fine,'" says Treasury Secretary...