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However discordant things might often seem in our own electoral house, we Americans take solace in the fact that our republic has held together for more than two centuries. The wonder is how much of that past remains terra incognita to us--particularly the document mainly responsible for our republic's longevity: the Constitution...
...raft of recent books have toasted the Founding Fathers--particularly Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence. That open letter to the British Crown gave us our most eloquent enunciation of our belief in individual liberties. But it remains at core a historical document with no legal standing. It is, by contrast, through the Constitution--the governing instrument that Montesquieu inspired and James Madison nominally fathered--that we organize and regulate our hectic American works and days. So why is there so much clinking of fine crystal for Jefferson while Montesquieu has gone missing...
...watermelons. Yet this hasn't stopped the leaders of the sand-swept region from pressing local companies to invest abroad and establish an international presence. Last month, Ningxia's commerce bureau issued a directive titled "Leading Ningxia's Enterprises to Grasp the Opportunity and Go Out Faster." The document takes into account that leaping into the cutthroat international arena entails certain risks, noting that the vast majority of Ningxia's enterprises that have previously ventured overseas have gone bankrupt, while the remainder "lack talented managers" and "have often been taken in by scams." The commerce bureau reaches a sunny conclusion...
...court. "I'm also looking at suing the British government," she says, "for not bringing them back sooner." - By Aatish Taseer No Vote GERMANY The governing Social Democratic Party decided not to hold a national referendum on the proposed new European Union constitution. The parliament will vote on the document instead. Stubbing Them Out ITALY Police in Naples handed out the first €27 no-smoking fine just past midnight on Jan. 10, minutes after the introduction of a nationwide ban on lighting up in public places. The ban prevents Italy's estimated 14 million smokers from puffing...
...smiling--after we made all those wonderful pills and cell-phone plans!--what's wrong with you? Not to smile is un-American. You can pick out the Americans in a crowd of tourists by their reflexive grins. The U.S. enshrined in its founding document the right to the pursuit of happiness. So we pursued it and--at least as commerce defines it--we caught...