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...riveting election campaign I have witnessed as an adult [May 5]. I'm 56. Never before have I seen a primary campaign come down to the wire like this year's Democratic contest. Back in January I was hoping for the same thing on the Republican side. Sure, hard-fought contests are bruising for all concerned, but I believe the nation will be better off next January because of the election fights that took place this year. Now if only we could shorten the campaign season. Dave Peterson, TUCSON, ARIZ...
...natural gas deal with Qatar. We wanted to show the Russians we had options, that they couldn't dictate prices to us. And so we did. The fact is, we trust sources of supply in the Middle East more than we do the Russians. After all, we haven't fought a war against anyone in that part of the world like we did against the Soviet Union in 1969 (and that one almost got out of hand). Things are much better now, of course. But the Russians are right there, across our border, and instead of seeing our vast population...
...novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Colombia's Nobel laureate, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Marulanda was a legendary rebel warrior. And like the fictional Buendia, Marulanda died of natural causes in old age as an enigma. In Garcia Marquez's classic, a character wonders if the colonel "had fought so many wars not out of idealism, as everyone had thought," but rather if "he had won and lost for the same reason, pure and sinful pride...
...driven by both impulses. Despite the cynical thuggery his rebel army has become known for in its twilight, Marulanda's original struggle was heartfelt: Colombia was and remains one of the most socially unequal countries on a continent whose inequalities are still among the world's worst. Whether he fought for idealism or pride, the injustices he and all the other Che Guevaras targeted in the 20th century still have to be tackled before Latin America can enter the 21st. Even if they have reason to welcome his death, Uribe and the rest of Colombia have to ponder his cause...
...Clinton capped her win in Kentucky, where she took two out of every three votes, with an unbowed, Churchillian promise to fight on. "This continues to be a tough fight and I have fought it the only way I know how - with determination, by never giving up and never giving in," she said. But there were signs from her camp that the search for an exit would soon be under way; she has toned down her criticism of Obama, and various Democrats close to the Clinton camp hinted that the New York Senator may at least be positioning herself...