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...involved goat intestines, blood-drinking, the eating of raw flesh, and so on—as “bestial” and un-Christian. I must confess that I do not understand the zinger in her argumentation. Lest anyone forget, Mau Mau was a violent movement whose initiation oath included nearly all of the things settlers alleged it did. The insurgents did not spare the lives of women and children. And while Mau Mau’s body count was, as Elkins skillfully demonstrates, not as high as the death toll inflicted by the settlers, the insurgents matched...
...Elkins intermingles the two terms. There was never any shortage of Kikuyu loyalists willing to point fingers at Mau Mau, and the British were always pleased to promote these Kikuyu to the highest position any African could attain. Moreover, membership in Mau Mau unambiguously hinged on a specific induction oath that created an ideological distinction within a larger ethnic community. Not all Kikuyu were Mau Mau, and not all Kikuyu were targeted for elimination by the British. The Kikuyu experience under colonial rule was multifaceted: no one suffered as much as the Mau Mau, but no one benefited as much...
...George W. Bush's hand wavered in the air as he took the oath of office, pushing against the words "so help me God." The speech that followed was humane and poetic, if uncertainly delivered; the President later admitted he had been pretty nervous. Bush's hand was rock solid last week as the oath was administered, his look calm and confident-but the speech that followed was far less accommodating than the one in 2001. It was, in fact, a fearsome statement of petulant idealism, a challenge to the nation and the world. It was a powerful and admirable...
Though he bravely overcame his illness to deliver the presidential oath of office at last week's Inaugural, most court watchers assume that Chief Justice William Rehnquist's cancer will soon force him to retire from the Supreme Court. Which means the guessing game is in full swing over which of the court's sitting Justices is most likely to replace him. If he does not go outside for the job, President Bush will probably choose one of the court's two most stalwart conservatives, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Scalia seems to have the edge. "The idea of appointing...
...turns out he meant it. As Bush takes the oath of office and begins his second term this week, he is preparing to bet his presidential legacy on the very issue that Republicans have been doing their best to avoid for decades. Transforming Social Security is Bush's biggest domestic political gamble--audacious even for a President who prides himself on audaciousness--and one that could reshape far more than a single government program. Those who believe in it most deeply say it could redefine politics itself, putting Republican principles in a position to dominate for the next half-century...