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But even though public awareness about global warming has grown significantly since then--and even though evidence that temperatures are rising now seems incontrovertible--there hasn't been a great deal of progress in dealing with it. Paradoxically, that is partly because of the success of the environmental movement, which...
The Führer never shuts up. He comes across as the century's greatest over-achiever, a man so tormented by fear and disappointment that he rewrites history as a Wagnerian drama to give meaning to his empty life. "How very much I too would like to have a family...
He is 44 years old but seems both younger and older, sort of timeless too, and he is still thriving at the major league level. In an ordinary profession, the 40s may be a disquieting, though far from a disqualifying age. Mortality's half time. But for a 44-year...
Supposedly tough-minded journalists, McLellan says, are actually quite naive. They still believe sex, drink and office intrigue to be big stories, while nations and huge financial interests often muscle each other unnoticed. "Those little sins are the only ones the media know firsthand," the gossip declares.
By such flights of self-promotion, West Point invites skepticism, if not ridicule. Yet there is no denying that the institution still succeeds in training officers who are educated about both the world and its wars, and are proud of their vocation. Perhaps most important, today as in the past...