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There comes a time in almost every presidential-election cycle when a small but earnest slice of the American political class gathers to lament the tawdry hyperpartisanship taking over U.S. democracy and to call for something new and better, usually in the form of a third-party or independent candidacy. In the 2008 election cycle, the gathering is taking place on Jan. 7, when a group of mostly retired Democratic and Republican officials, all known for their centrist politics, their seriousness of purpose and their commitment to good government, will meet at the University of Oklahoma, where former Senator...
...under Chavez has done, it should be unsurprising that it becomes a cause for bipartisan concern. This past July, for example, Obama found himself in hot water for expressing his willingness, if elected, to sit down and meet with Chavez. Hilary excoriated his naiveté, The Nation blogged a lament to his lack of “sophistication†in matters of foreign policy, and Edwards flubbed somewhere in between. Even more insidious, however, was the framing of the question the candidates were responding to: In it, the government of Venezuela was unthinkingly lumped together with a list...
...Western capitals. Previous attempts at a united anti-Musharraf front have foundered over who would lead it. And while both Bhutto and Sharif were greeted by cheering throngs on their return from exile, some Pakistanis blame them for the increased corruption and economic mismanagement of the 1990s and lament that their potential democratic saviors are political has-beens who, they argue, both largely failed in office...
...Expat's Lament As a Burmese citizen living abroad, I have been following the events in my native country closely [Oct. 22]. In 1988 I personally experienced the brutality of the government. It is appalling what a government can do to its own people. But the '88 uprising was quickly forgotten by the international community. I am again worried that Burma's problems will be soon forgotten. I was not there in person this time, but the images of the monks and nuns demonstrating on the streets of Rangoon made me cry. Religion is all that the Burmese have...
...initial comic element of “Bent†also contrasts forcefully with a lament sung by David J. Andersson ’09 between scenes of the first act. The song’s haunting melody has a foreboding quality that resonates even after its close...