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...father, for I have sinned. It has been three months since I last attended Mass. I have instead spent Sunday mornings attending total-body workout classes at the gym, after which I have been attending brunch. In other words, no uncommon circumstances kept me from coming to church. I expect as penance a boatload of Hail Marys...
...Kristol provided an interesting portrayal of the national pessimism swirling through the U.S. and observed the same tendency in Europe. In Belgium we held federal elections one month ago. People expect that many of our new government's actions will improve social security and employment. I wonder whether this widespread pessimism is really justified. Globally, public opinion is becoming more moderate, and the kind of sheepish anti-American mentality is bound to disappear in time. If I hang the Stars and Stripes on my wall, it means I see it not as a symbol of oppression but as a symbol...
...well become a more chaotic, violent place. They have learned that in the Middle East the U.S. has very little, if any, control over what might occur. And no matter what your views of the war or its genesis, things are likely to turn out different from what you expect...
...Given that the current U.S. force has been unable to curb sectarian killings, it's unreasonable to expect that a reduced U.S. troop presence would stop Sunnis and Shi'ites from killing one another. But even with a significantly smaller footprint, the U.S. would retain sufficient firepower on the ground and in the skies to guard against others trying to intervene. After a majority of U.S. troops depart, a military presence of some size will still be needed - not so much to referee a civil war, as U.S. forces are doing now, but to try to keep it from expanding...
...June, above the government target of 2% and the E.U. average of 2.1%. Desperate to keep a lid on prices, the Bank of England pushed up interest rates earlier this month to 5.75%, a six-year-high and the fifth rise in less than a year. Economists expect the Bank to further nudge up rates to 6% in the coming months...