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What else links our choices? How different they all are. To the extent that the U.S. is a land of the utmost diversity, a transmission point through which the energies and intuitions--the people--of every other nation pass, it enjoys what economists call competitive advantage in the global balance of talent. So the best American director can hail from Taiwan, the best American artist can be an African American who takes inspiration from village crafts in Sierra Leone and the best American fashion designer can be a kid from Texas whose showrooms are in Paris and London...
...thing which irritates me most generally, is the extent to which because of his celebrity, Kissinger gets away with things,” Hitchens said. “His actions are judged by reputation, not the other way around,” Hitchens said...
Kissinger was apparently referring to an incident in which Hitchens had defended an author’s right to publish a book in which questions about the Holocaust’s extent were raised...
...fact that he doesn't trust Arafat or believe that the Palestinian leader is a peace partner. The Israeli prime minister has gone along with the cease-fire process primarily at the behest of the Americans as a means of claiming the diplomatic high ground. To the extent that it holds, he can also claim to be delivering on his promise to Israeli voters to restore their sense of security. And if it fails, he'll use that to demand diplomatic support for an even harsher crackdown on the Palestinians...
...Last night, Summers said he enjoyed the panel and the opportunity to catch up with old friends that it provided. “I hope, to the limited extent possible, to maintain my connection with economics and economic policy...