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...polls and conventional political activity, there is a factor in this campaign and this state that is unlike any before it - race. During the seemingly endless primary campaign here last spring, Rendell, a Clinton supporter, drew criticism when he said "some whites are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate." Congressman John Murtha, who represents a rural swath of Western Pennsylvania, put it even more bluntly earlier this month when he called his region "racist" in an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The veteran Democrat later backed off just a bit, noting that the district used...
...taxes: "The choice in this election isn't between tax cuts and no tax cuts," it's whether we reward wealth or work. On education, the choice isn't more money or more reform - "our schools need both." And on the war, the choice isn't isolation or endless war: "I will never hesitate to defend this nation, but I will only send our troops into harm's way with a clear mission and a sacred commitment to give them the equipment they need in battle and the care and benefits they deserve when they come home...
...strangely enough, the cumulative effect of reading these works is uplifting. Despite appearances, Nadeem is no pessimist. In fact, Selected Plays can be moralistic, even histrionic, with endless interludes of Punjabi folk songs and qawwali choruses. They are not horrors but shock-dramas (one, Burqaganza, was banned last year by Pakistan's Minister of Culture). Ultimately, Nadeem's theater is passionately fired by faith in Pakistan's potential for change and in the sanctity of life. If only those who ram explosives into hotels and busy markets would feel the same...
...marital skeleton; once it's cut back and people get a good look at the guts of their relationship, they want out. And there's the marriage-counselor theory, that couples who were never quite on the same page in the checkbook finally get pushed off the ledger by endless bickering over their dwindling resources. And the therapist theory, that financial worries cause stress, stress can cause depression, and depression is a total connubial buzz kill...
...mortgage brokers loved these new products because they ensured an endless stream of fees. They maximized their profits by originating as many mortgages as possible, with frequent refinancing. Their allies in investment banking bought them, sliced and diced the risk and then passed them on - or at least as much as they could. Our bankers forgot that their job was to prudently manage risk and allocate capital. They became gambling casinos - gambling with other people's money, knowing that the taxpayer would step in if the losses were too great. They misallocated capital, with massive amounts going into housing that...