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...ascended when the original rationale for the war in Iraq-the threat of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction-receded. Bush was dismissive of "nation building" in his 2000 presidential campaign. By the 2004 race, however, a staple of his stump speech was, "Freedom isn't America's gift to the world...
...Almighty God's gift to each man and woman in this world." A lovely sentiment, a beautiful line, a potentially disastrous policy. It is common wisdom among serious democracy advocates that there are preconditions for successful representative government. There must be a solid middle class; there must be the rule of law and freedom of speech. But a more elusive human quality is necessary as well: a drastic change of public sensibility from passivity toward active engagement. In a place like Iraq-or the former Soviet Union-passivity was a survival mechanism. The best way to live with a tyrant...
...looking for heroes,? she says, ?And I was inspired that somebody cared so much about their faith that they would put it all on the line for that.? Last week, Perry attended End of the Spear on its opening weekend. She had received her tickets as a gift from a friend who bought a block of 20 back in December by signing up at the film?s website. Perry found the film moving. ?We see the horror of martyrdom and the victimization of people, but also the redemption? that followed, she says. ?The idea that the five young couples...
...gave Norah Vincent A gift: huge feet. She wears a size 11 1/2. Men's 11 1/2. That is not something she has necessarily always felt grateful for. "A lot of times I have to buy men's shoes," she says. But those big dogs wound up coming in handy when she spent 18 months dressing, talking, working and dating...
...Ensure more transparency. Under this plan, lobbyists would have to disclose every dollar they spend on lawmakers. The limit on the value of a gift that aides and lawmakers would be allowed to accept would be lowered from $50 to perhaps $20. Chance of passage: 90%. Many, like Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, think gifts should be banned outright. "All the T shirts, golf caps and cheap luggage I've been given aren't even worth having," said a lawmaker. "None of these are gifts worth having...