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...administration's hawks over its voices of moderation. Dr. Rice, of course, is intimately associated with precisely those policy choices on Iraq and Israel-Palestine that most alarmed many U.S. allies during the administration's first term. At the same time, however, those allies may take some comfort in the fact that this time around, they'll be dealing with a Secretary of State who actually has the president's ear and a measure of influence in White House decision making. Dealing with the Bush administration via Secretary Powell, after all, was a little like dealing with Iran...
Humans are pattern-seeking, social animals with a talent for storytelling. Spirituality and religion result from these traits. They help humans feel comfort in a dangerous, often frightening, world. But the more we learn about ourselves and the universe, the more it becomes obvious to anyone who thinks rationally that spirituality and religion are really self-created illusions. It's time we faced reality and dealt with the universe as it really is, not as we imagine it to be. Our continued technological advancement and survival depend upon it. GARY MEAD Travis, Calif...
...other counsel in memory. That's partly because the White House began to lose patience with Ashcroft not long after he was confirmed. The Attorney General had a political tin ear and a weakness for the spotlight. He drew fire for saying critics of the Patriot Act were giving comfort to the enemy. He operated with a tight cabal of longtime aides who prayed together and had an unrivaled distrust of the Justice bureaucracy. After 9/11, Ashcroft had a way of letting his bloodhounds run off the leash. Under Ashcroft, federal prosecutors won 194 convictions in cases involving terrorism...
Understandably, Cowan has not been able to find the comfort zone that he was in last season...
Still, Cowles is cautious of overstepping student comfort; though he wants to show students more environmentally-friendly ways to live, he adds with a laugh, “Maybe not pissing them off about their room heat is a better way to go about that...