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...Harvard offensive lineman Zach Copple was getting ready to board a plane back to his home in Lincoln...
...Iraqis, destroyed their homes and killed thousands of their family members. Apparently, our proud religiosity and self-righteous superiority have blinded us to the humanity of others and made us a nation of dimwits. What the Iraqis want is for us to get the hell out. Lela Knox Shanks Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. School for Insurgency "The Lessons of Najaf" [Aug. 30] described the flip-flops of the rebellious cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army. Slowly but surely, Iraq is becoming a Shi'ite theocracy like that of Iran. There is absolutely nothing the U.S. can do about...
...company ... Already this year, the burly Adair and his two apprentices ... have tamed 50 wells in Bahrain, Brazil, Bolivia, Guatemala, Venezuela, Canada and the U.S. With an affluence known to no other firemen, Adair and his boys race to U.S. oil-field fires in flame-red Lincoln Continentals [and] fly in jet comfort to more distant alarms ... For all his flamboyance?he indulges his fondness for red in his coveralls, safety helmets, office rug and secretary's hair?Adair is methodical about his business, [and] carefully notes and catalogues everything he learns from a fire 'so as to have...
...neither a republican nor a Democrat, I can say objectively that Kerry would probably be a good President. But what is truly scary to me is that presidential elections seem to hinge on whether a candidate is likable instead of capable. It makes me wonder whether Abraham Lincoln would be elected if he ran today. Not likely. The challenges the U.S. faces, like terrorism and job outsourcing, are based on fundamental problems that will take years, if not decades, to solve. Politicians want to give voters the impression that there is a quick fix for difficulties that have developed over...
...Political Machine (Ubisoft), the first major PC game to mimic a presidential election, hits store shelves this week. You get to play either of this year's presidential contenders or just about any fantasy matchup imaginable. How might Hillary Clinton fare against Arnold Schwarzenegger? Or Thomas Jefferson vs. Abraham Lincoln? Designer Brad Wardell based the game on real polling data from red and blue states, intending to make the playing field as balanced as it is in real life. "Most people have made their minds up already this year, and a game is one way of getting their frustrations...