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...those are all next year's problems. Bush got in and out without making trouble, without getting any of that tear gas in his eyes, and without needing Colin Powell to correct anything he had said. The bar was pretty low, not just for Bush but for the whole affair, and aside from some snide remarks Chrétien made about democracy in Haiti - and Chavez's near-total lack of effort to pretend he likes the U.S. - everybody got along fine, and promised to get along even better next time...
...Reagan’s political positions in 1995—Perlstein argues that Clinton actually took many of his positions from Goldwater’s example. While his assertion that Clinton and Goldwater share many of the same stances is doubtful, Perlstein’s essential point is correct. Post-Reagan, only a New Democrat like Clinton could have retaken the White House from the GOP. The entire underpinning of American politics had changed by the 1990s. But while Perlstein astutely tells the story of Goldwater’s rise to national prominence, he fails to deliver the powerful ending...
...tempestuous and embittered failure as an artist, husband and father. His sparks of energy and enthusiasm throw the brokenness of Dion’s life into a sharp relief that makes his degeneration from love-struck youth to disillusioned middle-age beautifully tragic. Meanwhile, in a lifeless-yet-mathematically-correct architecture firm, Billy’s successful career takes off even as his life remains trapped in emotional stasis. McClelland’s nervous energy more than fills Billy’s cavernous office-space, spilling over and infecting the audience with amusement and empathy. When Margaret brings about...
TIME.com: Reports from Beijing say the talks between U.S. and Chinese representatives over the spy-plane incident are going very badly. But given the positions both sides had announced before the talks, would it be correct to say they were bound to fail...
...this were a pre-conviction trial, it would be obvious to everyone that the defendant has right to his own DNA testing and materials. So shouldn't it be common sense that we should extend that right to a post-conviction scenario? How can it not be helpful to correct the mistake of imprisoning an innocent person...