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...political salvation. That approach helped Bush defy history in 2002 when the Republicans, the party in power, avoided midterm losses. Two years later, his re-election rode largely on reminding Americans that they were a nation at war. But will the gambit work one more time? Many Republicans harbor doubts, and a few dissenters are even steering clear of the President and his game plan. One problem with rerunning an old play is that the opposition figures out how to thwart it. Democrats, having largely steered clear of national-security issues in the 2002 and 2004 campaigns for fear their...
...sense of movie life at levels below the top - down there where people are still striving to make a living, and are still knocked out when they catch a glimpse of Rita Hayworth in a restaurant. The cars they drive, the houses they lived in, the flaky ambitions they harbor are realized with a nice, casual authenticity. (Brody's private eye is a good example; he thinks if he can sensationally crack this case he could become the town's go-to gumshoe, the first guy called when scandal threatens a star.) We're not really in the land...
...indiscriminate rocket fire aimed at civilians, are clear violations of human rights and international law. Doesn't the ihrc believe that human rights should apply to all humans? Perhaps it is too much to ask that the commission also consider the collective responsibility of all nations not to harbor terrorists. Peter Rosenthal Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. A recurring complaint among young Muslims in Europe is that they are suspect because they are Muslim. But today the only people engaged in planning and carrying out bombings and random murders, from North America to Europe to Malaysia, are proponents of radical Islam...
...collective punishment of the Lebanese. Cross-border raids involving murder, kidnapping and indiscriminate rocket fire are clear violations of human rights and international law. Don't human rights apply to all? Perhaps it is too much to ask the commission to consider the responsibility of all nations not to harbor terrorists. PETER ROSENTHAL Charleston...
...Hurricane Rita" sign. He says there are rumors that high rises are going to be built on the beach. He won't sell his land for less than $5 million. "I figure I'm gonna be the last one standing because of my price," he says. Out in the harbor, fisherman are catching pogies - in an area that has not been fished for 30 years. But a recent oil spill has made it so few want to eat seafood...