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The new extremists accuse those who support disengagement of being erev rav, a biblical term that refers to people from other nations who joined the Israelites in their exodus from Egypt. Some Talmudic rabbis blame all the bad events in Jewish history--from the Golden Calf to the destruction of...
Some degree of business failure, to be sure, is an essential part of capitalism. There is still the inevitable weeding out of underachievers that economist Joseph Schumpeter termed "creative destruction." And no doubt many companies respond to missteps by becoming stronger. "Every company will have mistakes," says Harvard Business School...
Strategic Miscalculations Your article "What Saddam Was Really Thinking" described disclosures made in Charles Duelfer's CIA report on Iraq's alleged weapons arsenal [Oct. 18]. The greatest mystery is not why Saddam Hussein let the world assume he had weapons of mass destruction (WMD) but why, with the best...
Of course, underdog has been a misnomer for the Red Sox of late, but when you are dealing with the weight of 86 unfulfilled years and missed opportunity after missed opportunity, the “curse” begins to feel very real. However, this year’s team...
More than any other example of Bush’s environmental destruction, the plight of the Western Arctic Reserve captured my sympathy. This preserve is the habitat of thousands of species, many rare or endangered. The center of this administration’s proposed oil drilling site, Lake Teshekpuk, is...