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...That Bush didn't act sooner was politically foolish. Far more seriously, by waiting so long he let his pride get in the way of a much-needed change in Iraq policy. That mistake didn't just cost the Republicans seats in the Congress. It may have cost lives...
...third of 18 to 24-year-olds report that they will definitely vote in this year’s midterm elections—a percentage that would represent the highest mid-term turnout since 1982. For politicians to ignore this critical segment of the population is not only foolish but dangerous...
...only would the pragmatists have thought the Core unnecessary, but they would have noticed that it did not actually work, even by its own terms. When Eliot implemented his elective system, one of the arguments he made was a pragmatic one, that it was foolish to push the student “into studies for which he has no capacity and in which he feels no interest.” Were Eliot still alive today, he might have said, ditto the professors...
...making good on the checks, allowed to stay out of prison. Now Strickland is working and paying her bills and taxes, and she wants to vote. "I always voted," she says. "My vote may be the one that counts to get the right person in office. It may be foolish of me to think like that, but that's how I feel...
Environmentalism is arguably a luxury for Western nations. But it would be foolish (dare I say, inefficient) to ignore the real costs of conventional agricultural production. Organic farming will undoubtedly continue to have higher input costs, but it does not unduly burden society. Someone...