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In 1978, with America's ally the Shah of Iran under siege, President Jimmy Carter asked a former diplomat named George Ball to study the situation and recommend a course of action. Ball's chief qualification was that he, more than any other high-level U.S. official, had been right...
Livni was born into a political family: both her parents belonged to the Irgun, the armed Zionist militia responsible for attacks against the Arabs and the British in Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s. But she chose to steer clear of politics, first serving in the army as a lieutenant...
But the lessons learned musically don't translate to Martin's lyrics. He tries to sound less like the sweetest guy in the world and more like a man of mystery; he's even given the album a theme--death. "At night they would go walking till the breaking of...
But I learned about him from interviews with others, too. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robert’s oldest child, told me that in the year following his death, her uncle Ted often called to talk about her younger brothers’ problems. He inspired, too. “He made...
Patterns of civic engagement among young Americans do remain to some extent divided between this new cohort willing to bet on traditional politics to bring change, and those who prefer non-political engagement through volunteering, community service, and education work. Yet both are proven options, and both are far more...