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Kinsley implied that libertarians emphasize the individual over society. I am a libertarian, and I am totally dependent on a smoothly functioning society. I need bread from the baker, meat from the butcher and a network of family and friends for support and fellowship. All of this occurs spontaneously, without government managing it. Yes, a limited government is needed to defend liberty and property, but this only creates the framework in which free people create society. Kinsley equates government with society, and this is what separates statists from libertarians. Mark Gibb, LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS...
...secretive nature of the CIA's work allowed only limited public accountability. The internal inquiry - which Hayden characterized as a "management review" - appears to have been triggered by complaints from senior operation officers that they are being unfairly criticized by Helgerson's review of the Agency's global network of secret prisons...
...recent years, analysts say, it has fragmented into a network of distinct organizations. Some are little more than gangster outfits - running protection rackets in the slums and collecting "taxes" from buses - while others have political programs or continue as a shadowy religious order. They are bound together by a secret oath often taken under duress. One former adherent said it was designed to humiliate the recruit and ensure his silence. "You are forced to eat some meat - you don't know what, maybe it is human meat - and all the time they are beating you," he said...
...common theme of the postcards he receives: suicide. Warren agreed to let the All American Rejects use images from PostSecret in the video for their song “Dirty Little Secret”—in exchange for the band making a donation to the National Hopeline Network, a suicide hotline. “I really believe that suicide is America’s secret,” he said...
...figure notes that the bombing was Ayat’s own decision, and not the result of recruitment done by Hamas. Furthermore, it gives viewers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the families of suicide bombers and their victims. Levy’s mother receives advice from her support network in Israel: Some time before she talks with her Palestinian counterparts, Avigail discusses the meeting with a group of victims’ families in her home. Meanwhile, the al-Akhrases address the complex ramifications of Ayat’s actions: They cannot say that what their daughter did is completely...