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...lost Jeffords? It will be a source of endless debate whether a tone-deaf Bush White House failed to hear Jeffords and his concerns, or whether Jeffords was looking for an excuse to bail out of a party he could no longer stand behind, and whether he?ll use his newfound fame to gain national prominence as a politician. (His new role is expected to include the chairmanship of the Committee on the Environment and Public Works...
...What surprised me was seeing that history, like the accumulated tomes of libraries, was not an obstacle to the free play of the present so much as an endless grab-bag of particular authority. And though problems can arise (when, for example, only a select few are allowed to grab), with history--as with knowledge, with books--a broad selection could only help the present construction of a fair case. Against the childhood idea of history as something to escape--whose weight and scope made innovation impossible--I was struck by the idea that change was an action, an artifact...
...funhouse mirror of official history, the '50s are seen as our most xenophobic decade. That is exactly wrong: then, the seemingly alien cultures of Europe and Asia held endless fascination for Americans who were either back from war service abroad, their aesthetic tastes spiced a bit, or simply tired of bland domestic fare. Foreign-language pictures were suddenly chic, and represented a much broader geographic span than today; world-class auteurs emerged not just from France and Italy but from Japan, India, Sweden. Ingmar Bergman would eventually make the cover of TIME...
...Netherlands' legalization of mercy killing is a bold and sensible step to benefit patients who experience endless suffering and who have no hope of improvement. Every human being must have the basic right to live with health and happiness and to choose to die if suffering terribly from an incurable ailment. All countries must legalize such a right for the benefit of mankind. ANANTHAPADMANABA KRISHNAMURTHY Dublin, Ohio...
...textbook definition of a scholar--someone whose great interests lie in the intellectual achievements of the past, someone who has read everything, or knows why he has not. In contrast, friends say Summers has an omnivorous mind--but he may not have Rudenstine's deep human understanding or endless personal library. What he does have: an extensive background in the quantitative aspect of economics. That makes Summers the most scientifically-minded man to occupy Massachusetts Hall since Conant...