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...really, you say, but what about that wildly idealistic Inaugural Address the President delivered two weeks ago? What about the continued power and influence of Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld? No doubt, Bush's speech will stand as the template for this Administration's future rhetoric, but sometimes politicians use high-minded oratory as tactical camouflage. In the Reagan White House, tough talk-"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"-set the predicate for real diplomatic progress. This President is not one to announce a change of course, since that would imply a defective previous course. A moderate turn...
...across Baghdad, including one "near the Australian embassy." That the group would deem Australians as fair game is hardly news; all those who support democracy in Iraq - Iraqis and foreigners alike - are targets of the insurgents. A document Zarqawi's organization posted on the Web last April left no doubt. Claiming that the burning and mutilation of four American security contractors in Fallujah was justified under Islamic law, it listed Australians among "enemy" nationals: "Japan by helping Americans they became a warrior state like Britain, Spain, Australia and others and is seeking for its bad fate," the statement said, adding...
...BEAZLEY 45. New Sensation. "I'm the same Mark Latham but I'm in a new role." All my life. "I love the larrikin Australian role, but no more crudity." New politics. "Modern politics is broken, and we need to fix it." Democracy in the raw. "If in doubt, let's have more democracy, more direct voting, more public participation." Town-hall style meetings. Possum Magic. "If we all read books to our infant children, they will be reading themselves by the time they go to school." What did you learn today? "Quality teaching is a passport out of poverty...
...blog of a young Iraqi women elated to be free of Saddam Hussein but outraged by what almost two years of occupation has done for her city. A more pro-U.S. view can be found at Iraq the Model, where three Iraqi brothers sound off at all who doubt Iraq's prospects for realizing President Bush's vision. And the BBC offers a unique online election diary of people inside Iraq, including ordinary Iraqis, a U.S. officer and an American civilian contractor...
Kagan emphasized that “a Ph.D. is in no sense a prerequisite for us. And I don’t think it should be.” But she added that “there’s no doubt that law schools have been strengthened by having people on our faculties who have deep knowledge of another discipline...