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...Obama's Achilles' Heel Senator Barack Obama has previously told us that words matter, and the venomous, vitriolic and racially divisive words of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright are fraught with meaning of the most disturbing kind [March 31]. As your story observed, Obama failed to answer the central question that troubled American voters are asking: Why would Obama choose Wright to be his spiritual guide and personal mentor? And if Obama's candidacy is about the future, why would he expose his young daughters to such poisonous rhetoric of the past? Although he delivered his speech with his usual grace...
Obama's Achilles' Heel...
...Historical Baggage The presidential election, though, is far from over. Ma has a potential Achilles heel - the mere fact that he's KMT. Hsieh can count on a full third of the electorate to vote against the KMT under almost any circumstances. Ma has tried to counter by appearing more sensitive to issues of Taiwanese identity. He has spent long stretches in the island's south - DPP territory - where he often bypasses hotels to stay in the homes of ordinary folk. At one rally of labor unionists in Taipei, Ma made sure to lead the crowd in cheers of "Taiwan...
...glare of public scrutiny is essential for curbing the excesses of democracy. The media, despite Musharraf's recent attempts to bring them to heel, are now a real force in the country, both shaping and amplifying public opinion. The state of the judiciary, too, also contains a kernel of hope. Yes, last year Musharraf dealt it a devastating blow by dismissing the country's most senior and independent judges. But the reaction to his move - a courageous and visible protest movement led by lawyers and civil society, and supported by the media - has emboldened politicians to push for the restoration...
...Love and romance have to do with matters of the spirit, not science. The obsession with measuring things that are immeasurable is science's Achilles' heel. Leave the mystery of love to those who know something about it: the artists. Peter J. Vogel, Columbus, Ohio...