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...didn’t try to generate a consensus. The purpose of the conference was to put the best arguments on the table—to let people on both sides present what they thought,” he said...
...Taliban rule collapsed so quickly that post-Taliban facts on the ground emerged before a wider political consensus had been achieved. Indeed, the Taliban appears to have even negotiated its withdrawal with relatively friendly non-Taliban Pashtun warlords in a number of cities in the south on the understanding that they shared a mutual enmity for the Northern Alliance. But rival Pashtun warlords quickly emerged to stake their own claim, setting up roadblocks, charging "tolls" and marking out their own fiefdoms by deploying armed men. And while the old mujahedeen carve the south into fiefdoms, Northern Alliance commanders appear...
...Wootens may have reached a new political consensus, but families that like to argue about politics will still find lots of meat on the table. The only change they expect might be a new humility; that however much the left and right wings may disagree about the most promising path to peace, the goal is shared, as is the awareness of just how hard it may be to reach it. Benjamin Cerniglia is a Marine corporal at Camp Pendleton in California, awaiting orders to ship out at any time; his brother Joseph, 18, is a college student in Greensboro...
...essential motivations of the show. Apparently STASH originated from general “frustration with the inability to gather high-quality student art from a wide range of artists and display it well.” The difficulty of putting together a student show is undoubtedly what triggers the consensus from numerous STASH participants that visual arts are generally underrepresented on campus, whether this is because the performing arts are simply more dominant, or whether this is due to the nature of visual art itself...
Hitchens has disdain in abundance; for the ideal of consensus, for religion and piety, for phony populism and for any number of perceived half-truths, betrayals, insincerities and miscarriages of justice. But he manages to redeem himself from excessive negativity, or intellectual masturbation, for that matter, by offering at least some valuable direction: “Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don’t be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish.... Seek...