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...Hitler's killing machine to get started. The truth, of course, is that the only necessary and sufficient condition for human beings to murder one another is the simple fact of being human. We've always been a lustily fratricidal species, one that needed no Charles Darwin to goad us into millenniums of self-slaughter...
...syncing and dancing next to photos of Obama, is noticeably lacking in any real political message, but nonetheless became an overnight internet sensation. This was followed by range of similarly inane videos. Some, like the “Babies for Obama” series—in which parents goad their confused children into saying things like “I love Obama”—took Obama obsession to a new level...
...interviews when politicians spin a direct question? -John Holecek, St. Petersburg, Fla.Yes. [Laughs.] But my fear is if I did that, then I would be seen as becoming part of the interview in a way that I don't want to be. Many times a politician will try to goad [you] into a debate because then it neutralizes the questioner and you surrender your objectivity...
...approaching his next book about “pessimism and melancholy” with—appropriately enough—dread. “I’m currently facing it with white-knuckle terror, and eventually the panic will fester into a boil that will goad me into action,” Rakoff says.To convey its tone, he cites a YouTube clip of his favorite depressing song. The video sets images from the Great Depression and the First World War against Bing Crosby’s rendition of “Brother Can You Spare a Dime...
...Calling Selig and Fehr back does makes some sense. In 2005, in the face of skepticism about its motives, Congress effectively used its bully pulpit to embarrass baseball into strengthening its steroid penalties and testing procedures. Now Congress has a right to seek closure, to again goad baseball into accepting the recommendations. But the suits are just a prelude to the main event, a potential circus that doesn't seem to serve any real purpose...