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It’s quickly apparent that Ian brings a cerebral bent to his work. He actively seeks and hoards information, isolating and then coddling a nugget of curiosity until it blossoms into a sprawling research project. A few years ago, Ian decided he needed to understand economics, so he bought a batch of textbooks off of Amazon and EBay to work through. Most days, he says, he puts in an hour or so on Wikipedia. On a recent October afternoon, “William III of England” is open on his computer—just to look...
...reporting this event in the way it did, the mainstream media tacitly reaffirmed Heene’s belief in its own sensationalism and put this obvious yellow bent on display for the world to see. We encourage the media to take a close look at its coverage over the past week. Next time a similarly fantastical story should break, CNN, Fox News, and others must be more skeptical and ask more questions before jumping on board and letting the story supersede every other newsworthy issue. Such incidents do have a place in the news, but the media must be more...
...same as those open to President Bush, who took a strong personal interest in the issue. Progress is to be evaluated every three months. If significant progress isn't evident, then the President will face a series of tough decisions on what to do with a regime bent on slaughtering its own people. The fear is that wrangling among policymakers might lead another young American President to sit idle as another African country spirals out of control...
...bent, but we didn’t break,” Leone said...
...There’s always been the possibility, if someone is bent on deception,” he said after the meeting. “It’s never really caused us any reputational problems...