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...Chinese press did not report news of the clashes until Monday evening, when a brief item was first released only on the English-language news wire of the official Xinhua News Agency. No mention was made that the conflict was between the Hui and the Han. And in contrast with the internal document circulated to Henan officials, the Xinhua article gave a death toll of only seven. The news black-out may have had as much to do with Beijing's fear of social disorder snowballing into more widespread unrest as with ending ethnic tensions. Just in the past week...
...Recapping the Debates I agree with columnist Joe Klein that John Kerry won the first debate on "the appearance of strength" [Oct. 11]. I was pleased with the Senator's demeanor and his direct and calm responses, in contrast to President Bush's smirks, scowls and useless sloganeering. Nothing Bush can say will ever convince me that he made a sincere, thoughtful and intellectual assessment of the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Glen Brown Naperville...
...agree with columnist Joe Klein that John Kerry won the first debate on "the appearance of strength" [Oct. 11]. I was pleased with the Senator's demeanor and his direct and calm responses, in contrast to President Bush's smirks, scowls and useless sloganeering. Nothing Bush can say will ever convince me that he made a sincere, thoughtful and intellectual assessment of the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan...
Which candidate is better equipped to deal with such threats? In attempting to draw a contrast with Kerry, Bush likes to say, "If America shows uncertainty or weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy." Yet both candidates have shifted course on many major foreign policy issues, ultimately arriving at positions that resemble each other's more than either man likes to admit. But if both have shown a capacity to alter their policies, both cling to disparate world views. The problem is that neither man's philosophy on its own is entirely satisfying in the wake...
...most unique quality of this work is a basic level of intensity and earnestness, an underlying meaningfulness, which is apparent even if it may not be possible to tell exactly what meaning the artist intended to convey. In contrast, I would argue that much contemporary art is thematically transparent; in other words, it is relatively easy to tell what the artist “means” (this remains true even if the artist wants to thematize meaninglessness and doesn’t mean anything), but the work itself has little substance, so even after you have figured...