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...Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity and the 50th anniversary of his death. Both events are being commemorated by a bid to spark fresh interest in the Nobel-prizewinning physicist, who was named Time magazine's Person of the Century in December 1999. "Einstein was not only a brilliant physicist, but also a lateral thinker, pacifist, cosmopolite and visionary," says Gerd Weiberg, head of Germany's Einstein Year celebrations. Here are some highlights of Einstein-related happenings around Europe: Einstein, who was born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany, in 1879, lived and worked in Berlin for 18 years...
...accept that there is a trust issue?" the BBC's Jeremy Paxman asked Blair in an interview last week. Blair agreed but clumsily tried to spin it toward "trusting" Labour to sustain Britain's strong economy. Paxman, a brilliant barracuda, would have none of that: "All right, let's look at Iraq. When you told Parliament that the intelligence was 'extensive, detailed and authoritative,' that wasn't true, was it?" It took Blair some minutes of squirming before he could get around to making the case that Iraq was better off without Saddam, that 8 million Iraqis had voted...
This song is a black hole from which nothing can escape, not even light. “I wanna freak in the morning, freak in the evening,” is Ms. Howard’s thesis, which she supplements with such brilliant supporting arguments as “we can woof woof any time of day / it’s all good for me.” The unmemorable beat rolls along, all metallic sheen and Clinton-era ignorance. You forgot this song for a reason...
Even still, I don’t think the answer has much to do with Howard Dean. Democrats have a talent problem all over the country, not just in Washington. Hopefully all the brilliant Harvard liberals who are “selling out” to join Goldman Sachs next year are really just preparing for a Democratic resurgence...
...called the Office of the Inquisition. It is not pastoral by nature. It deals with possible heresies, which requires an approach very different from that of a pastor dealing with his flock. There were two sides to John Paul II: his doctrinally conservative side, and his pastorally brilliant side. That enabled him to communicate effectively with his flock and garner a certain sympathy even when announcing a teaching that some of them disagreed with. It was one of his great gifts to be able to maintain a connection even with many of the people of his Church who disagreed with...