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...will face an uphill battle. Six candidates have a head start, and Representative Dennis Kucinich, the former Cleveland mayor, joined the race this week, taking his share of the antiwar vote. What's more, the ex-Illinois Senator had a rocky D.C. tenure. Among the potholes: her frequent visits with Nigeria's military government. (Those questions were raised and answered when she was confirmed to be ambassador to New Zealand in 1999, she says.) The smart money bets the 55-year-old will never rise higher than an asterisk in the polls. Still, primaries are volatile. One of Moseley-Braun...
George W. Bush lives at the intersection of faith and inexperience. This is not a reassuring address, especially in a time of trouble. His public utterances are often measured and elegant, but there are frequent and rather grating lapses too. There is a tendency to ricochet between piety and puerility, an odd juxtaposition that raises a discomforting theological question: What is it about the President's religious faith that makes him seem so jaunty as he faces the most fateful decision a President can make...
...echoing opinions that emerged soon after Foreign Secretary Blas Ople went public with the accusations. U.S. President George W. Bush did promise to increase military aid to Manila in a phone conversation with his Philippine counterpart one day prior to the expulsion announcement. Manila, says Senator Rodolfo Biazon, a frequent critic of his country's relationship with the U.S., "is swallowing the Washington line hook, line and sinker...
...past two decades, Nyarota has shuttled from paper to paper, writing expose stories and coming into frequent conflict with the country’s government...
Books such as Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language and How the Mind Works, as well as frequent contributions to publications like The New York Times and Slate, have made Pinker a celebrity among intellectuals and psychology experts...