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...This was vastly more honest than any government announcement or analysis I’ve ever encountered, and it encouraged me to read on. Predictably, though, the analysis soon turned into the sort of foolish optimism that Western governments have so perfected when talking about their own collapse, with the editors suggesting the possibility that we might in fact be witnessing not the West’s death but its “evolution” or, even better, its “rejuvenation...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis | Title: The Coming Fall | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...accomplished a lot, but there are still some serious issues - to deny that would be foolish. The [Jan 30, 2005] elections, we thought, were a strategic victory for everybody. It was hard to leave then, too, because you wanted to stay and see what you can make of what was a tremendous advancement on that particular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A General Returns From Iraq: "I Don't Feel Like I'm Leaving on a High Note" | 12/9/2006 | See Source »

...about one of his show’s most controversial segments, “Better Know a District” (BKAD), in which he interviews members of Congress and often lures them into embarrassing verbal bouts. Corcoran asked Colbert what he thinks BKAD interviewees can do to avoid looking foolish in their segments on the show. “Answer honestly,” Colbert said. “I say to all my guests…‘You know I’m playing a character. You know I’m an idiot...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Colbert Sheds Persona at IOP ‘Thunderdome’ | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

...President looked foolish. Nothing he did last week slowed the collapse of Iraq. Nothing he did bolstered his political standing at home or in the region. Nothing he did showed the slightest indication that he accepted reality in Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Absurdity of it All | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

Corcoran asked Colbert what he thinks BKAD interviewees can do to avoid looking foolish in their segments on the show...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Funnyman Colbert Steps Out of Role for Harvard Audience | 12/1/2006 | See Source »

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