Word: foolishness
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...substantive debate." TIME's Jack White says the station's decision sets a dangerous precedent. "Where does the press get off deciding who is a minor candidate and who is a major candidate," White says. "They could have just as easily left Alexander out. It's totally arbitrary and foolish. This is why people distrust the media." Keyes told NBC that he is considering legal action against WSB-TV, and suggested in a CBS Radio interview that race played a factor in his treatment...
...recognizes the difficulties in returning to Africa after living abroad. Even when a person would like to return to his or her country, the option is often non-existent because of the political situation. "I would not say go back during a war," says Maraire. "It's kind of foolish to get yourself shot. There are other options.... Maybe, [for example] Malawi does not have what you want to do. Maybe you can do it in Senegal, or Ghana or South Africa or Zimbabwe. Why do we rush off immediately to London? We could go to another African country...
...THERE A MIND BEHIND STEVE FORBES' MADDENINGLY robotic ability to stay "on message"? Does he think deeply about anything besides tax policy? Well, Forbes said recently, "I'd put my foreign policy knowledge up against any other candidate." That wasn't as foolish as Gary Hart's daring reporters to prove his infidelity, but there it was anyway: the Forbes Challenge...
Though the staff would protect the exchange of pornographic materials over the Internet, it would handcuff all state attempts to keep this material from reaching young children. It has long been recognized that the state has a role in preventing the corruption of its youth, and only the foolish would deny that this material is inappropriate for their possession...
...foreign policy, as elsewhere, consistency is generally a virtue, but, as Emerson noted, a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. The consistency of America's Russia policy has become foolish and even harmful to the national interests...