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Card's remarks appear to contradict the official explanation given by President George W. Bush for Card's March 2006 resignation...
...Those engaged in the pursuit of truth may, at points, deem it necessary to affirm propositions likely to offend or contradict popular opinion. They deserve our society’s protection to shield them from impulsive legal sanction, enacted by a bestirred populace. The United States is not Socrates’s Athens—we allow our philosophers to pursue truth with impunity, even if we do not always honor them. The roused passions of the mob should not infringe upon the liberty of the intellect...
...either love her or hate her." Not much neutrality. And you know, in theory, I wrote the book to help spark a debate and certainly the debate is happening. I think the debate is really healthy. If I got universal approval for this thesis, it would contradict my thesis. My thesis is that this is a war and it's a war with very real casualties, so if I just got lots of pats on the head from The Financial Times and The Economist, then I suppose my thesis would be wrong. So I can't complain...
Making presidential decrees a reality and getting the aid from planes to warehouses and then to the victims will be difficult. There is rising criticism that Garcia's micromanaging of the crisis is actually slowing down the process, with underlings afraid to make decisions that might contradict the president's plans for a shipment of aid. "The government is doing very much, which is important, but I think we need to leave the work at this point to the experts," says Ica Bishop Guido Brena. "There could be a moment when people think that this is being used for political...
...Given the pressures he faces at home, while Brown may not contradict U.S. policies, he is unlikely to follow his predecessor's example of going out of his way to make the case for the Bush Administration. "They have to indicate that they are making a break with the Blair government that, in the eyes of many British voters, was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bush Administration," says Charles Kupchan, Georgetown University professor of International Affairs and Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow. Kupchan wonders how long the congeniality can last. "I think, also, there will be times that...