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Although Gould does have his detractors, his impressive ability to synthesize massive amounts of information is unparalleled. This rapid-fire ability to bridge and link vastly different topics is what defines Gould’s astonishing prolificacy as a writer. “I just see connections among things for some reason,” he gloats. “Anything I’ve ever read I can access or find it. Mention any topic and I can relate it to 10 or 15 things. That’s how I construct the essays, I get an idea...
...approach. The reason General Zinni's mission failed wasn't the fact that he's not a high-level cabinet officer; it was that he wasn't given the tools with which to do the job. Washington reportedly had insisted that Zinni push for a cease-fire without any link to negotiations over the political future of the West Bank and Gaza. That was never going to work - even Israel's security and intelligence chiefs had warned as much - and it left the administration standing ineffectually on the sidelines as violence spun dangerously out of control...
...President Bush's comments also contain some bad news for Sharon. Washington appeared to link cease-fire efforts to the broader goal of achieving Palestinian statehood, and he set out goals in this respect that will make the Israeli leader uncomfortable. Bush demanded an end to Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and Gaza, and insisted that Israel's occupation of those territories must be ended "through withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries consistent with United Nations Resolutions 242 and 338." Tough talk that suggests a parting of ways, sooner or later, between the U.S. and Sharon...
...This link is precisely what Saddam Hussein has always wanted. In the negotiations leading up to the Gulf War in 1990, Saddam offered to withdraw from Kuwait if Israel withdrew from the Occupied Territories. In reality, Saddam does not care about the Palestinians any more than Osama bin Laden, but like, bin Laden, he championed the Palestinian cause to shore up support in the Arab world. The first Bush administration refused to allow any linkage between Palestinians and Iraqis and thus rejected Saddam’s offer to withdraw. But now, Cheney’s mistake and the sickening escalation...
...range of successful blogs is staggering. Little Green Footballs, run by a Los Angeles web designer, monitors the conflict in the Middle East and links to translated articles from Arabic language newspapers that are otherwise little regarded in the mainstream media. Steve McLaughlin’s Saltire blog offers links to the best business and technology stories on the net. Virginia Postrel’s The Scene has made the author and speaker, who is a frequent critic of irrational economic policy like the Bush steel tariffs, one of the most influential libertarians in the country. At Harvard, biology postdoc...