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What is the proper way to act when you have made a boo-boo on the scale of what Perle and Adelman now admit to? A brief period of silence might be in order, followed by a bit of ideological spring cleaning. If this big idea has turned out to be wrong, isn't it possible that some of their other ideas are also wrong? In fact, maybe their whole philosophy is mistaken. Perle and Adelman are both neoconservatives, or neocons, a group that prides itself on being tough-minded and pragmatic while rejecting liberals as soft and romantic...
Still, the question is worth consideration, at the very least because our silence concedes the point. Since Plato exiled poets from his mythical Republic, humanists have exerted themselves to defend and expound the merits of poetry. Until the 19th century, the consensus was that literature was proper for its moral utility and its ability to impart ethical lessons through delightful language. This line of thought has gone out of vogue, both for aesthetic reasons and because it has become abundantly clear that there is nothing particularly ennobling about high culture itself. After all, Alex from “A Clockwork...
...Japanese Lessons Your coverage of Asia's endangered environment was very timely and relevant [Oct. 9]. Many regions of India are afflicted with contagious fevers like dengue. Hospitals are overflowing, and there is a shortage of proper medicines. It is very obvious that these diseases are the brood of environmental disaster in India. I see waste from factories dumped on the side of public roads. Authorities are corrupt and close their eyes to these illegal activities. There are no public toilets, people litter, and there is no proper management in the cities and villages to remove garbage. India...
...became so difficult that every day I thought, "OK, forget it. We'll find a family here to look after him." Meanwhile I had been given permission to take him to my hotel because I had to take him to a clinic to get chest x-rays and a proper medical examination to see why he wasn't breathing properly. And I just keep thinking, "Oh God, I don't want to get too attached because what if it doesn't happen?" It was all very strange and weird, and I'd go to bed every night and think...
...office of Republican congressional candidate Tan Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant running against Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., in the Nov. 7 election. Nguyen at first blamed a rogue but unidentified staffer who, he said, had been dismissed. Later, he offered to re-hire the staffer, saying the letter was proper. Wrong. Whoever wrote that tactless missive is clueless about the law; while it's true that illegal immigrants can't vote, legal immigrants can vote if they've become naturalized citizens...