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...COMPASS by Janet Coleman...
...cause is neither trendy nor fashionable, but a basic American belief that spans generations. The N.R.A.'s strength has never originated in Washington but instead has reached outward and upward from Biloxi, Albuquerque, Concord, Tampa, Topeka -- from every point on the compass and from communities large and small. Those who fail to grasp this widespread commitment will never understand the depth of political and philosophical dedication symbolized by the letters N.R.A...
...local problems to deal with. It is a silly idea but a telling one, for it underscores the dilemma facing all Western foreign-policy thinkers * and doers, starting with George Bush: the fading of the cold war in and of itself does not provide a road map or a compass for the post-cold...
...Valentin Turchin, a fellow dissident who emigrated to the U.S.: "There are two categories of people who have left their imprint on humanity: leaders and saints. Sakharov was in the category of saints." One mournful colleague in Moscow summoned up a more scientific metaphor. "We've lost our moral compass -- the compass that showed us the way during these decisive years of perestroika," said space scientist Roald Sagdeyev. "He taught us to use simple words like conscience and humanity...
...victim of the victimizer -- is more attenuated than in the Ivy League. The New York tabloids, the moral voice of the community, are full-throated in their vilification of the monstrous "wolf pack." It is their social betters, those from the helping professions, who have lost their moral compass. It is they who would Garland this attack if they could...