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Looking back at the notion of “empire,” the historians argued that empire is damaging to the native populations of colonies. But Ferguson, author of the forthcoming Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, said the overall effect of the British empire was positive...
...real estate tycoon Donald J. (for John) Trump does not really loom colossus-high above the horizon of New York and New Jersey. He has created no great work of art or ideas, and even as a maker or possessor of money he does not rank among the top ten, or even 50. Yet at 42 he has seized a large fistful of that contemporary coin known as celebrity. There has been artfully hyped talk about his having political ambitions, worrying about nuclear proliferation, even someday running for President. No matter how farfetched that may be, something about his combination...
...real estate tycoon Donald J. (for John) Trump does not really loom colossus-high above the horizon of New York and New Jersey. He has created no great work of art or ideas, and even as a maker or possessor of money he does not rank among the top ten, or even 50. Yet at 42 he has seized a large fistful of that contemporary coin known as celebrity. There has been artfully hyped talk about his having political ambitions, worrying about nuclear proliferation, even someday running for President. No matter how farfetched that may be, something about his combination...
That's impressive--for a Democrat. But Kerry's fund-raising operation pales in comparison to the colossus that is the Bush-Cheney re-election effort. Bush raised a record-setting $132 million in 2003. Ken Mehlman, campaign manager of the President's re-election effort, says that his team "still has its goal of raising $170 million" by this September's Republican Convention in New York City, but no one will be surprised if they clear closer to $200 million. So far they have been frugal, says Mehlman, striking good cash-up-front deals with vendors. Indeed, the cash...
...breathtaking in its neocon unilateralism and arrogance [Jan. 12]. As he scorned the need for traditional U.S. allies, Krauthammer also acknowledged that the "war on many fronts" is consuming American "blood and treasure" while China builds an economic and military superpower and Europe "knits itself into another continental colossus." Shouldn't the U.S. be using its influence and diplomacy to rebuild relations with these rising powers to influence their evolution in ways favorable to American interests? Haughtily ignoring our traditional allies is shortsighted, naive and dangerous. James Ford Cooper Punta Gorda, U.S. Re Charles Krauthammer's views on going...