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...himself to a surgeon, cutting away corruption before it spreads into the body politic. He works relentlessly, immersing himself in the details of a case. "Mazuz has the lowest cell-phone bills in the Justice Ministry," jokes one aide. "He hardly makes any calls - and seldom takes them, no matter who it is." But critics say this attention to the grains of fact may have blinded him to the broader implications of the Katsav case, and the risk of a public backlash. His supporters disagree. Says Shlomo Cohen, head of the Israeli Bar Association, "Mazuz is honest, professional and courageous...
Your music got me through some pretty stressful deployments. Have you ever done a USO tour?-Nathan Methvin-Terry, CHICO, CALIF.I have not been to Iraq or Afghanistan. But I work a lot with a veterans' organization called Wounded Warriors. No matter what I think of the ridiculous way this war has been carried out, I think we owe those kids something, and I am going to do what I can to help...
...News Feed updates me on whom these people have befriended, where they're vacationing, whether they went on a bike ride today, and the like. It's frivolous stuff, but you can see the potential of an online world arranged to emphasize the doings and opinions of those who matter to you most. You can see the pitfalls too, mainly in defining who matters. In the world of Facebook, friends don't drift apart. Either someone makes an active break, or the connection and the News Feeds go on forever. Get used...
...race and gender matter. It's still an uphill battle for a woman or an African American who wants to be President. Only the fact that we have one of each running--and the metastasizing unpopularity of George W. Bush--makes a black or woman President so probable. These candidates still have to prove themselves in the conventional ways. And they are still going to lose more votes because of their gender or race than they gain...
...matter--A-Rod will surpass...