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Kamakiriad is described by Fagen as an allegorical journey set in the near future where "the narrator, instead of having a winged horse, has an environmentally correct car called a Kamakiri, which in Japanese means preying mantis." Typically, there are other, unspoken, allusions. Kamikaze for one -- the headlong, heedless plunge into a blaze of glory. But in this case Fagen's muse has emerged Phoenix-like from the ashes to resurrect the spirit of a brilliantly quirky collaboration...
Problem No. 2 is that Kasich's plan at best only equals Clinton's in deficit reduction over five years. So forget all that G.O.P. talk -- correct talk -- that Clinton's plan doesn't cut the deficit enough. In fact, Kasich's fifth-year projected deficit is $228 billion, compared with Clinton's $198 billion. That means in later years, when deficits are projected to increase again anyway, Kasich's deficits would be larger still...
...public space and the church-state relationship, however, is that it is irreconcilable with the ideals of democracy. Only in a totalitarian country is all public space defined as "the state" or "the government." Public schools and colleges belong to the community, the tax-payers, not the government. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the way I read the First Amendment, it does not even suggest that the government enforce the separation of church and community. The First Amendment's "establishment of religion" clause was originally designed to prevent both the state and the community from making any religious...
...campus conservative will happily extemporize on the evils of the mandatory Contact peer outreaches, where sexual orientation is discussed with first-years. "Is a group's right to free speech and the protection of the University dependent on its status as a 'politically correct' organization?" they query...
...Final Jeopardy, Biber had $7,000 and his correct question to the final answer, in the category of 'World Capitals,' raised his total to $10,500. Biber's final question to the answer, "Roxas Boulevard in this capital city was formerly Dewey Boulevard," was "What is Manila...