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...structure of the U.S. government has a built-in check on imperial-minded leaders. As The Economist noted last June, “In a democracy as open and cacophonous as America’s, and with a constitution expressly designed to thwart decisive action by any single branch of government, it is hard to persuade a majority to support costly and risky international activism...
...have not yet gone through menopause--show few signs of artery-clogging plaques on their angiograms. Perhaps their blockages don't occur in the major arteries of the heart, where angiograms are performed and bypasses are most effective. Perhaps blood flow is restricted in the smaller vessels that branch off the coronary arteries. And perhaps the problem isn't plaques at all but the fact that these smaller blood vessels are somehow more prone to spasm, snapping shut at the slightest stress or trigger, cutting off the flow of blood to parts of the heart...
...What we are seeing in Iraq is a historic awakening of the country's Shiites - which translates as "partisans of Ali," a reference to the branch of Islam founded by the martyred son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed. It happened among Shiites in Iran and in Lebanon starting in the 1970s, but Saddam Hussein's brutality made sure that Iraq's Shiites did not join in. Thanks to the toppling of the Baghdad regime, Iraq's Shiites have a real chance to grab meaningful political power in their country for the first time. That poses a dangerous challenge...
Outside of classes, Wechsler found his niche among “the radical left-wing bunch.” He threw himself into the Harvard Liberal Union and the campus branch of the communist party, serving for a while as campus chair of the American Youth for Democracy. Wechsler also sang with the Glee Club and attended performances by the drama club...
These students are following in a venerable tradition. Harvard has been producing a steady stream of leaders in Opus Dei for nearly half a century. Over the past 40 years, at least three of those holding the highest position of authority within Opus Dei’s U.S. branch were Harvard graduates...