Word: nationalism
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...that says nothing about the larger issue inherent in Good. We dare not forget the Holocaust. Before and since, there have been genocidal events that are comparable to it in scale and savagery. But never have we witnessed a nation with a civilization as high as Germany's succumbing to such carefully calculated inhumanity. Nor has the mystery of that nation's behavior during the Nazi era remained so insolvable, so beyond the reach of art and scholarship, so beyond the reach, certainly, of earnest, inept works like Good, which remains, like most such works, on the anecdotal fringe...
...embargo (which Obama surely knows is also the aim of many pro-business Republicans in Washington). Either way, such gestures make it harder for the Castros to rail against gringo imperialism. For his part, Raúl Castro recently told actor Sean Penn in an interview for the Nation magazine that he and Obama "must meet" in a neutral place "and begin to solve our problems...
...heading the way of Pakistan, where much of the political power resides with the military or the mullahs. By turning out in massive numbers on Dec. 29 to hand a decisive victory to the Awami League, which campaigned on its secular, reformist credentials, Bangladeshis hope they have steered their nation past those twin shoals...
...want to try to understand the perplexing character of this nation, turn to Working or Race, or any of Terkel's numerous other works. In each of them, the uncelebrated alongside the celebrated ponder what holds us together and what pushes us apart...
...problem for newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari is that preventing terrorism while maintaining ties with Washington means reconciling a growing number of contradictions. American impatience with Pakistan's faltering campaign against militants on the nation's Afghan border has led U.S. forces to launch raids into Pakistani territory--raids that Zardari believes will alienate border tribes, sour relations with Pakistan's mercurial army and anger the public. The paradox is beginning to turn nasty. Two days after the bombing, U.S. helicopters seeking to cross the border were repulsed by gunfire from Pakistani troops and local tribesmen...