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...Ritalin and a whole bunch of Prozac, not another glowing review from some crackpot critic who can’t tell the difference between art and tasteless garbage, who’d tell you the Mona Lisa would be greatly improved if she were covered in horseshit. Eminem represents corrupt and demented form of “art.” His success is the by-product of a troubled generation’s lack of taste...
...Achieving that goal will tax even Aa Gym's powers of persuasion. The nation faces a crippling list of woes: bloody ethnic and religious violence, economic sclerosis, inept politicians, corrupt police and military, a looming environmental apocalypse. Add to that the devastating impact of the detonations in Bali on Oct. 12 that killed nearly 200. Whoever turns out to be responsible, it is easier now than ever to view Indonesia as a place where Islamic militants and terrorist groups like Jemaah Islamiah have a free hand...
...leading a representative government. Political dissidents foolhardy enough to remain inside Iraq have a short shelf life. The Iraqi National Congress, an umbrella organization of exiled dissidents, is eager to return to Iraq but lacks any credibility inside the country. The president, Ahmad Chalabi, is widely seen as a corrupt show-off, and the organization’s last attempt to start an uprising against Saddam was an embarrassing failure. We will not find the next leader of Iraq chatting with Western reporters in a London restaurant...
...taking land reform seriously, the West allows a corrupt man like Mugabe to come off as a hero. Unless our response to land redistribution changes, Mugabe will continue to attract support from Barron and millions of others around the world who are justifiably eager to see the end of the legacy of colonization and racism...
Power did not corrupt Wellstone’s passion. Reelection concerns did not compromise his fervor. With a country behind a popular president’s call to war, and yet another daunting challenger threatening his reelection bid, Wellstone did not hesitate to defy the laws of Washington politics. He was the only senator up for reelection in November to vote against giving the president the ability to declare war on Iraq. Wellstone once said he represented “the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party...