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...symbol of another kind for the former Soviet-bloc countries, which undertook painful reforms as the price of their admission last year. If the E.U. can't even agree on its own constitution, that may hurt pro-Western forces in countries still wanting to join, like Turkey and Ukraine. The resulting instability could hurt American interests too. --By J.F.O. McAllister
...this panic about certainty and people who display it? It is not just, as conventional wisdom has it, that liberals think the last election was lost because of a bloc of benighted Evangelicals. It is because we are almost four years from 9/11 and four years of moral certainty, and firm belief is about all that secular liberalism can tolerate...
...Hong Kong-even though some of the city's pro-China leaders openly question his "patriotic" credentials. Last week Tsang, 60, stepped down temporarily as the acting Chief Executive so he could run on July 10 for the top job in an election he can't lose: the voting bloc is an 800-member electoral college made up largely of local pro-mainland movers and shakers. "It's a paradox," says Professor Anthony Cheung, chairman of pro-democracy think tank SynergyNet. "Beijing is stepping in, has more control, is interfering. At the same time it has become more sensitive...
...Hong Kong?even though some of the city's pro-China leaders openly question his "patriotic" credentials. Last week Tsang, 60, stepped down temporarily as the acting Chief Executive so he could run on July 10 for the top job in an election he can't lose: the voting bloc is an 800-member electoral college made up largely of local pro-mainland movers and shakers. "It's a paradox," says Professor Anthony Cheung, chairman of pro-democracy think tank SynergyNet. "Beijing is stepping in, has more control, is interfering. At the same time it has become more sensitive...
...actually dance to. 50 Cent Candy Shop For a guy who once sparked a rap feud by accusing Ja Rule of being too soft, Fitty engages Olivia in a whispery duet about mutual satisfaction, built on a slithering Middle Eastern keyboard riff that makes him sound awfully, uh, considerate. Bloc Party Helicopter While aspiring to postpunk art-house dance music, Bloc Party wisely refuses to let its genre fixations get in the way of tunefulness. There's an actual melody here, and a good one, driven on by the manic playing of Matt Tong, rock's best new drummer...