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...partly his understanding of this “serious intellectual history” that seems to drive Nusseibeh’s belief in a unique Palestinian identity as opposed to the Pan-Arabist beliefs his father expresses. Nusseibeh characterizes himself more as an academic than as a politician or activist. He studied at Oxford, Harvard, and Birzeit university in Ramallah, and is now the president of Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. Yet Nusseibeh somehow manages to evade every role into which he might be cast. As a child of Arab nobility, he chooses to marry an Englishwoman. As a Muslim...
...There is money in the pipeline right now to bring the troops in. If we follow the logic of support the troops, the war will never end,” Kucinich responded. But Tanjeloff said that the congressman answered his question “like a politician.” “I asked him if there was a plan for peace, not a plan for ending the war. He started answering my question by answering what he would have liked me to ask,” said Tanjeloff. Kucinich criticized his opponents Hillary Rodham Clinton...
...transcripts of the landmark 1925 Scopes Trial which challenged a law that prohibited the teaching of the theory of evolution in Tennessee schools. Called the “trial of the century,” the case put three-time presidential candidate Bryan up against the pro-evolution politician Clarence Darrow (played by John de Lancie). The play is presented in the form of a radio program broadcast directly from the courtroom. The actors read from the script, and the set is minimal. As Bryan, Asner cites the Bible as he rails against evolutionism. Yet Asner is a self-proclaimed...
...telephone conversations simultaneously. His job at the Pentagon was to think the big thoughts and let the others worry about the details. His Pentagon boss, Donald Rumsfeld, once explained their relationship with a modesty that was false but nonetheless telling: "Paul's an academic. I'm a Cook County politician...
...Business Schools, served as the governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. The program is just part of a string of efforts by the Romney campaign to target youth voters, according to campaign spokesman Alex Burgos. Burgos also referred to Romney’s Facebook account, where the politician is purported to enjoy “horseback riding with my wife” and “waterskiing” as another move to reach out to younger citizens. “Students who are getting involved in the program Students for Mitt aren’t just...