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Ironically enough, their song “Crazy” contained the line “evil wears a three-piece suit.” The speeches continued to be tame and very politically correct. Rehearsed rebellion and repeated kowtowing to the corporate sponsors made me wonder if the independent movement was in danger of being absorbed by the machine. Holmes even plugged the drink Red Bull at one point during the program. Hey, whatever it takes to stay awake...
...character, shining in his all-too-brief moments onscreen. At first, he is portrayed as the stereotypical foreign enemy villain, loaded with menace and poison. But soon his true character is revealed, that of a dedicated and fearless man who can own up to his mistakes and attempt to correct them...
...write to correct some misconceptions in James M. McElligott’s “A Case for Opening ANWR” (Opinion, April 17). He states that according to the latest estimates—and they are estimates—there are 7.7 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil in ANWR. He goes on to note that this would be the equivalent of “our entire domestic oil use for well over a year...
...When pressed on Taiwan, U.S. presidents have traditionally sought refuge in the Taiwan Relations Act, which is so riddled with ambiguities of its own as to make it acceptable across the political spectrum in Washington. Of course President Bush is correct, in one sense, that his stance is consistent with his predecessors' - it has always been conceivable that Washington would weigh the direct use of force if Taiwan were attacked, and as recently as 1996 the Clinton administration moved two carrier battle groups into the Taiwan Strait when Beijing appeared to be threatening a missile strike on the island...
This attitude is driving supporters away from this good cause as well as masking some of the most important arguments for the living wage. If the protesters simply knew more about the issue before taken such strong action, it would help them since, ultimately, they are correct. After researching on the National Low Income Housing Coalition (a website I was directed to by the PSLM), I found information that confirmed that, not only is $10.25 reasonable as a living wage (even for a single person living in a cheap area), but it may even...