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...earlier conspiracy thrillers, this one proceeds from two warring premises: a synoptic cynicism about the men who run things, and a dewy belief in the myth of the lone hero. You're to accept on faith that the high-level perps are both deeply malevolent and supremely competent. (Uh-huh. Then why can't they run a simple Iraq occupation?) In the Oliver Stone tradition - who killed JFK? Everybody! - the mischief-makers have infected all branches of power: the military, the CIA, the Senate, big business. "There's no head to cut off," one of the perps explains. "This...
...still active ... I have been working for 63 years. For a country with a retirement age of 60, that's not bad, huh? My only regret is that for various reasons I can't travel much anymore. New York is the best stimulant there is. I haven't been for four years. I'm in withdrawal...
...describes it, the premise of “without isms” is “‘being without’; it is not premised on a void, because then there would be no premise, of course no conclusion, and not even any isms.” Huh?The remainder of the essay details what “without isms” is not, but gets even more confusing. It is not empiricism but it is related to experience, it is not relativism but it is relative, it is not individualism but it affirms the individual...
...conservatives had little to unite them except, as always, lower taxes. "You have to cut taxes whenever you can," Jeb Bush proposed, "or government will grow faster than people's ability to pay for it." Huh? Bush's assumption was Ronald Reagan's: that "government" is part of the problem, not part of the solution. In truth, it is neither: it is the concrete expression of our collective will. And if you want to govern as a responsible conservative, you have to pay for it--especially when you're fighting a global...
...CLINTON: Uh-huh...