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...sobering vision of a country moving from the unifying emotion and tears of 9/11 to a much less galvanizing involvement in a “war based on lies.” The consequences are starkly depicted: a domestic tableau riven by a young veteran’s vacant manner and a society that’s wrung-out, disillusioned and distant. “Everyone I call up doesn’t have the time to chat,” Crow wearily relates. “Everyone is so busy doing this or doing that.”From...
...today’s world, this statement would seem insane, but in the universe of Kertész’s novel, it is just a matter of perspective.Only Kertész can take us through his characters’ tortuous thought-paths in such a manner: his characters grate against our hearts and reason, and yet, as much as we may wish to do so, we are unable to dismiss them as insane. Repeatedly denigrating himself as “the new boy” and just a “flat-foot,” Martens accepts...
...legal commentator in 1996, and moved to CNN in 2002. His second career as a journalist has already garnered him an Emmy Award, for his coverage of Elian Gonzales in 2000, and produced three bestselling books.And yet, while the road to where he is has not been straight, his manner doesn’t betray any career fatigue. In fact, he still seems to be enjoying the novelty of it all.“I started freelancing for The New Republic when I was in law school, but I always thought it was going to be just a hobby...
...expected to be a close fight," says Mehboob. "They have placed staff there that they can trust. If the right candidate does not appear to be winning, there will be some methods taken to change that vote count. It is very strategic, well planned and done in a sophisticated manner that does not involve too many people." Backing up his suspicions, he clams that in some constituencies, election staffers were changed at the last minute. Others were hired that lacked the right credentials, such as literacy...
...manner of death" was summed up at the end of the 12-page autopsy: "Accident." But when he died, Cassidy had the contents of a locked medicine cabinet coursing through his body, powerful narcotics and other drugs like citalopram, hydromorphine, morphine and oxycodone, as well as methadone. The drugs--both the levels that Cassidy took and "their combined, synergistic actions," in the medical examiner's words--killed...