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...martial law. For years, he made ends meet by fixing cranes and cleaning industrial chimneys. He formally entered politics in 1991, joining a variety of short-lived post-Solidarity parties before co-founding Civic Platform. Once a staunch anticommunist, he has recently cultivated an image as a "moderate, liberal" politician with solid family values. Unlike Kaczynski, he eschews heated anticommunist rhetoric, promising instead to restore "dignity, honor and unselfishness" to Polish political life. And he has thrown himself into the campaign with a vengeance, stumping through the August holidays and dotting the countryside with huge billboards extolling president tusk...
...passion for jihad, the Administration's heavy-handed actions have stoked it. Worse yet, the centuries-old, long-dormant hatred between Shi'ites and Sunnis threatens to spill into a horrendous civil war, with wider implications outside Iraq. And one thing is sure: appointing the same exiled career politicians to power isn't going to solve anything. Abhishek Bhattacharyya Bangalore, India A Deadly Policy The killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian man the London police mistakenly suspected to be a terrorist and shot, raises important questions [Aug. 29]. Why did British police institute a shoot-to-kill policy...
...populated by people who spent a lot of time on the judiciary,” he said. “They were mostly political appointments. Most chiefs have come from off the court rather than on the court. In the past, the Chief Justice was often a fairly substantial politician like Governor Earl Warren or John Marshall, who was Secretary of State. Someone with so little political or judicial standing has rarely been appointed to the chief justiceship...
...overall approval rating has dropped to 42%, his lowest mark since taking office. And while 36% of respondents said they were satisfied with his explanation of why the government was not able to provide relief to hurricane victims sooner, 57% said they were dissatisfied--an ominous result for a politician who banks on his image as a straight shooter...
...country. I know these efforts are superficial, but I'm at a loss as to what else I can do to show my appreciation. If I were an entertainer, I would be over there; if I were a defense contractor, I would work overtime; if I were a politician, I would make sure the troops had everything they needed for their mission. But I'm none of those. I am just an American citizen whose love and gratitude run deep but I'm afraid far too silently to make a difference to those who really matter...