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...obliged to make clear to [U.S. soldiers] that they need not risk their or their country's honor to prevail; that they are always, always?through the violence, chaos and heartache of war, through deprivation and cruelty and loss?they are always, always Americans, and different, better and stronger than those who would destroy us." JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona senator, urging his colleagues to support a bill restricting the treatment of terrorism suspects that passed 90-9 last week despite a veto threat from the White House...
...Long before Hurricane Katrina struck, many of the residents were enmeshed in a web of poverty. The majority of the nation seemed to have the false sense that everything was just fine in America, including New Orleans. Now we know that it was not. The best way to honor the dead and help people put their lives back together is to use the devastation caused by Katrina to make people see the marginalization of the poor?the real national disgrace. Silas West Kathmandu...
...last century and is loath to cede. The issue now, as China prepares to increase its advantage in manned space flight to 2-0, is whether Japan will soon experience a "Sputnik moment" and feel it has no choice but to redouble its efforts as a matter of national honor?or whether it will continue to dedicate the bulk of its vast resources to more practical priorities here on Earth...
...body." Yet the debate also is a window on changing attitudes among the ruling élite. Since Putin came to power, a new ideology has been taking shape that blends imperial nostalgia with the occasional careful nod to the Soviet Union's greatness under Stalin. These days the Kremlin honor guard wears 1812-era uniforms, and attending Orthodox church services is a good career move. Even the Stalin-era national anthem is back. Lenin, a ruthless but austere revolutionary, an enemy of empires and religion, is out of fashion. Denouncing him allows members of the new élite to recast...
...Long before Hurricane Katrina struck, many of the residents were enmeshed in a web of poverty. The majority of the nation seemed to have the false sense that everything was just fine in America, including New Orleans. Now we know that it was not. The best way to honor the dead and help people put their lives back together is to use the devastation caused by Katrina to make people see the marginalization of the poor--the real national American disgrace...