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...interview with TIME's Rebecca Myers, Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, puts in perspective the political firestorm surrounding Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld...
...Lattimore makes a commendable effort to address the disturbing cultural tendency to “explain” the crime and blame the rape victim. But the Duke lacrosse situation is not, thus far, a Jane Doe case. Lattimore’s concern—that the media firestorm has played a major role in discrediting the alleged victim, an exotic dancer—has been substantially outweighed by the thorough vilification of the ostensibly rich, white, privileged team members and the elitist university they represent. Never have I heard a Duke student utter, “Well...
...Rising disenchantment with the Iraq war, especially in Prime Minister Tony Blair's ruling Labour Party, is only one cause of recent strains in the U.S. British relations. The political firestorm in Congress over the Dubai ports deal, and the protectionist sentiment that seemed to drive it, has alienated otherwise friendly conservative members of Britain's business class. Congress's continuing refusal to pass a bilateral extradition treaty that the British approved three years ago hasn't helped matters, since it makes it easier for the U.S. to extradite white collar criminals from the U.K. than vice versa. Adding insult...
...without a weapon in sight (U.S. army photos showed the exact opposite; dead men, weapons draped, not a prayer mat to be seen). Any military success the men of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 1st Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade had was quickly swamped by a political and propaganda firestorm...
...firestorm could end up hurting Canadian pocketbooks. If DP is forced to back away from its U.S. commitments, the Vancouver deal could be lost in the shuffle, says Darcy Clarkson, ceo of P&O Ports Canada Inc., which would prefer to continue operating the Vancouver terminal under Dubai's ownership. Notes Clarkson: "It shouldn't happen, but it's a source of anxiety." And that's not the only reason for worry. "We need to be concerned if the U.S. Congress decides, as a result of this, to review port security across North America," says Colin Robertson, an official...