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What did I think of Return of the King? Well, I’ve only seen two of the five Best Picture nominees this year, and Return of the King wasn’t one of them. If it was anything like The Two Towers, though—equal parts dumb intrigue, spectacular battling, tired corruption parable and bad Jim Henson movie—I’d expect that the Oscars will get it wrong once again. And don’t get me started on Gollum, who’s so annoying that if he went up against...
...that would mean that the FEC—a bipartisan commission with equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans—would have to put common-sense policy before the bottom line, which doesn’t seem likely. After all, the strongest supporters of the FEC ruling were commission members from the party that has outraised any other in terms of soft money—the Democrats. And unless the Democratic Party gets a lot better at raising hard money, the country will most likely have to endure continued corruption in Washington...
Kucinich said that the United States is presently attempting to place itself above the global community, but that we should instead be equal partners in the world. To achieve that goal, he said, the United States needs to work with others to protect the environment and reduce nuclear proliferation. He called for the reinstatement of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the halt of funding for nuclear weapons and the end of the U.S. space weapons development program...
Americans are inclusive and interdependent, positive and optimistic. John F. Kennedy ’40 (a Crimson editor) beats Richard M. Nixon. Equal opportunity beats targeted resentment. And the candidate with the sun on his face will beat the candidate with Bob Shrum...
...strings in China's economy, it is hard to predict when the problems of excess capacity will boil over. While overheated, China's economy isn't close to collapse. Whatever happens, the country will surely remain heavily dependent on exports. Currently the value of what it sells abroad is equal to roughly 30% of its total economy (the figure for the U.S., in contrast, is 10% to 12%). But the pressures are building, and when bomb factories are producing cars financed by an electric-battery company, the future can only be described as highly volatile...