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Current polls leave no doubt that the peacenik naysayers now running to the flowers are but a tiny minority of our people. Yet they scream in a voice that is loud and familiar. The neo-hippies who jeer from their idle repose in academia’s ideological daisy-fields...

Author: By Jason L. Steorts, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Making Our Stand | 10/5/2001 | See Source »

But most Americans have been living for quite a while in a time of peace and prosperity. That affects the quality of the journalism they get, and tends to promote what might be called the Hefner Delusion.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hefner Effect and Serious Journalism | 8/30/2001 | See Source »

Ten years ago, for the first time in my life, I felt that my esteemed fellow countrymen were not simply a mob, but had become a people. In standing up to the communist coup, they behaved like a people with great dignity, with a great desire for freedom. Unfortunately, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'My Delusions Quickly Collapsed' | 8/16/2001 | See Source »

Personalizing makes it seem more manageable. Bin Laden may be out of reach right now, safe in the care of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. But by making him the root of the problem, we hold out the possibility that his ultimate removal from the scene will make the world safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bin Laden Rides Again: Myth vs. Reality | 6/20/2001 | See Source »

Walters says this is a delusion. He believes people who advocate this are purposefully ignoring the long-term impact of drug addiction on some individuals. In fact, Walters will point out, as we?ve seen in the case of Robert Downey Jr., some addicts cannot get off drugs at any...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Will Bush's Pick for Drug Czar Affect U.S. Policy? | 5/10/2001 | See Source »

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