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The mental block that plagued us in the imaginative quest for higher office was the delusion that politics is an end in itself. After all, it is very easy to equate it to gaming and make a sport of it. The farcical nature of Washington life, combined with personalities galore...
One attraction is the fact that these large gestures of nature are apolitical. The weather in its mirabilis mode can, of course, be dragged onto the op-ed page to start a macro-argument about global warming or a micro-spat over a mayor's fecklessness in deploying snowplows. Otherwise...
"By creating inclusive space, we work to woo the University from self-absorption, self-delusion and self- destruction," Adams said.
By all accounts, the descent into delusion is gradual. Everyone has experienced slights, insults or failures at one time or another, and most people find some way to cope. Or, if they don't, a trusted friend or family member may persuade them to forget the past and get on...
The book represents the culmination of a series of interviews Mack conducted with people who claim to have been abducted by aliens, taken aboard space-ships, and forced to engage in sexual activity with their captors. A farout delusion, right? No, says Mack. He argues that the abduction experience cannot...