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...political labels: "I do not care for conservatives who are for South Africa, Rhodesia and Greece, or liberals who care for Russia, China or Cuba. I suspect my politics are close to the new Libertarian Party [a Westminster, Colorado-based group opposed to big government] of which I confess almost total ignorance, but I dig the name...
...this is only the first round of confessions. A trial-like motif continues in the second act, with the addition of a third defendant: Rosin, a bright Jewish girl from the Bronx, who has lost her way coming from an illegal abortionist, and just happens to be writing a thesis on the survivors of Nazi concentration camps. Rosie catalyzes a series of cross-examinations which reveal that Glas's story is just a guilty cover for his real complicity. A mock trial, where Randall acts as judge and executioner, aids Glas in the symbolic expiation of his guilt, and leads...
...wings, the name of his opponent. Lyndon B. Johnson, drifted through Convention Hall along with those of other prominent Democrats, ranging from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Harry Truman to Richard Daley. And much like expatriates paraded before the Old Country's press. Democrat after Democrat was brought forth to confess conscience-rending decisions to cross party lines and support the President. George McGovern was just too radical. Two Democrats for Nixon were even included among 11 seconds following the President's renomination speech by another old foe,' Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York...
When asked why Bagdikian was leaving, Bradlee replied, "Ask him. I don't honestly know. It sounds crazy." The parting seemed both sad and ironic. The Post is more willing than most publications to confess its sins, and Bradlee is seeking another ombudsman. Bagdikian concedes the Post's relative virtue, but told TIME: "There's a feeling here that I should be loyal to the management. When they first put me in this job, they assured me that my first loyalty would be to the readers." By returning to free-lance criticism, he will now have...
Even the authors of the Club of Rome report confess that there is only one conceivable reason for stopping growth: that is the only way to prevent certain global cataclysm. But is it really...