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...That case, inevitably, would be attacked by Europeans because it demands that the U.S. be treated as special. In fact, it is. The failure of the Bush Administration is its inability to articulate why other countries profit from America's military power. No other nation, or group of nations, could conceivably replace the U.S. as the world's policeman; but like it or not, that American role will be played on American terms. Europeans should ask themselves whether, right now, the ICC is worth more than continued American engagement in the world. The answer is easy...
...that are so perennially relevant, as demonstrated by the effort to prepare for the expedition's bicentennial, beginning this January. In the 11 states whose land and waterways the explorers touched, plans have been under way for several years to re-create, commemorate and just plain profit from the first and greatest American off-road trip. From the Falls of the Ohio, where a festival will celebrate the place at which Clark climbed aboard Lewis' keelboat, all the way west to tiny Fort Clatsop, Ore., where visitors will chat with Lewis and Clark impersonators, the roadside plaques are already being...
...recent years, Standing Rock's former historic-preservation officer, Tim Mentz, reburied remains from 438 Indian graves that had been disturbed. As federal officials have tinkered with the water levels of the Missouri River, long-submerged Indian villages have resurfaced, luring robbers seeking to profit from a black market in bones and artifacts. "We are not archaeological specimens," says Mentz indignantly. Unfortunately his zeal went too far for some tribal officials. Mentz was fired last May. His offense: refusing to disinter hillside graves to make way for a road to the reservation casino...
...financier (a redundancy of terms, I know). • That the Bronfman family is a cunning brood, who in selling Seagram to Messier managed the equivalent of selling a Mercedes for $100,000 and, if all goes well, buying it back two years later for $20,000. An $80,000 profit, and they still have the car - all tuned up, to boot. Bravo, wise guys. • That I should not admire wise guys; they're ruining the planet. • That my two-year-old son's ability to assemble complex structures with his Lego doesn't qualify him as a captain...
...accessible to narrowband users too, is already good enough to encourage TV broadcasters to start streaming their content and archived material in return for revenues, he says. Broadcasters like the BBC have entered revenue-sharing arrangements with RealNetworks. But given the European experience with on-demand TV programming, the profit outlook isn't promising. In a June 20 report, independent market analyst Datamonitor predicted that providers of video-on-demand over TV in Europe will not break even before 2006; in fact, costs will outpace revenues over that period by ?2.5 billion. Clearly RealNetworks is hoping that providing streaming audio...