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...argued for the importance of bi-partisanship, an ideal he followed before it had become a Beltway buzzword. He seemed more like a professor than politician during Congressional hearings. And he was attacked for speaking his mind and not simply playing games of political networking...
...Schlesinger, who always held a pipe between his teeth, insisted he has never been a politician. He works in government, not politics, he says, and laments Washington's current vitriolic atmosphere...
Justice and fear. What modern politician would be bold enough to characterize foreign policy so starkly? "Behind every great fortune there is a crime," said Balzac. Behind every great nation too. Jefferson certainly wanted to do justice to the Indians. But he knew the white man needed to instill fear in the Indian or the American experiment would fail. How characteristically Jefferson: an offhanded trope that sublimely captures the central tension of all foreign policy--that between morality and necessity, power and principle...
...average politician whose life inspires a Movie of the Week. It takes an individual of uncommon theatricality, flamboyance and self-regard to let his life serve as the basis for an all-singing, all-dancing revue. And so it was announced that Minnesota Governor JESSE VENTURA had signed over the rights to his life story to be adapted for a Broadway musical, tentatively titled The Body Ventura. The idea was hatched by Pierre Cossette, who produced The Will Rogers Follies and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Cossette plans to mount the production within 18 months, and has spoken with Baywatch star David...
Should Giuliani, or any other politician, be held to a higher standard of conduct than the rest of us? Or a lower standard? And should the New York Times be held to a higher standard than the National Enquirer? If so, what would that higher standard dictate? Should the Times ignore the adultery of public figures? Or run it, briefly, on page...