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...says something about your trustworthiness when both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush choose you for a key post. As the longest-serving member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the group that regulates the nuclear industry, Edward McGaffigan earned a reputation as a scholarly analyst who could be blunt and acerbic with critics. Asked whether new plants should be required to withstand rogue-airplane attacks, the Democrat offered, "When they change the law to require absolute assurance of perfect protection, there won't be a lot of nuclear reactors in this country. Also, there...
Betrayed by the Bureaucrats Thanks to Jeff Israely for his blunt, revealing discussion of Italy's misruling class [Aug. 20]. Sometimes you need to see a situation from an outsider's point of view to become aware of something relevant. Through Israely's merciless words, I reconsidered the recent shameful behavior of our politicians, and by the end of the article, I felt very embarrassed. So this is the way the world sees us! Yet I would really like to put in a word for a politician who is trying to do his best: Pier Luigi Bersani is striving...
...Betrayed by the Bureaucrats Thanks to Jeff Israely for his blunt, revealing discussion of Italy's misruling class [Aug. 13]. Sometimes you need to see a situation from an outsider's point of view to become aware of something relevant. Reading Israely's merciless words, I reconsidered the recent shameful behavior of our politicians, and by the end of the article, I felt very embarrassed. So this is the way the world sees us! Yet I would really like to put in a word for a politician who is trying to do his best: Pier Luigi Bersani is striving...
Analyst Aboulafia offers this blunt assessment: "It's probably the single biggest mistake in aviation history. Even if the development program weren't technically botched, you still have the problem that it's just the wrong plane." Boeing expects to deliver its revamped 747-8 in 2010, costing about $4 billion to develop and probably priced at about $292 million, vs. about $319 million for the competing A380...
...Bush wants to show, says counselor Ed Gillespie, that, "we have done this kind of transformative work before and the benefits to America made the sacrifices worthwhile." Those arguments intend to capitalize on momentum created by the reports of recent military progress on the ground in Iraq, and to blunt criticism of the lack of political reconciliation to accompany...