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A couple of entries flick at Bradman's famously prickly character, but overall the tome - published to coincide with his centenary - is respectful. Such is Bradman's posthumous clout, and as cricket writer Gideon Haigh says in the foreword: "We are content for the deeds to stand for the man...
Adversity and Character Re Michael Kinsley?s essay on politicians and personal tragedy: Kinsley, you?ve got to get out more [Sept. 8]. It is human ?nature to take the easy path. Keeping a Down-syndrome baby or refusing preferential treatment in prisoner-of-war conditions is a measure of...
Adversity and Character
Re Michael Kinsley's essay on politicians and personal tragedy: Kinsley, you've got to get out more [Sept. 8]. It is human nature to take the easy path. Keeping a Down-syndrome baby or refusing preferential treatment in prisoner-of-war conditions is a measure of character. That's...
The Democrats have no myth to counter this powerful Republican fantasy. They had to spend their convention on the biographical defensive: Barack Obama really is "one of us," speaker after speaker insisted. Really. Democrats do have the facts in their favor. Polls show that Americans agree with them on the...