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Peninsula, however, adopts a more intellectual approach, claiming to use "rational discourse" to support similar stances to AALARM's.
Just over 50 years ago, the poet W.H. Auden achieved what all writers envy: making a prophecy that would come true. It is embedded in a long work called For the Time Being, where Herod muses about the distasteful task of massacring the Innocents. He doesn't want to, because...
In any event, the American and Japanese economies are inextricably linked. The U.S. could not manage without Japanese capital to help finance its budget deficit. Nor could Japan prosper without an American market in which to sell its high-quality consumer goods. Most American politicians and businessmen understand that a...
Bugsy could be the name of the film David Cronenberg has woven from remnants of Naked Lunch. Its main character, Bill Lee (Peter Weller), is an exterminator who sees roaches everywhere -- not least because his wife Joan (Judy Davis) has been stealing the bug powder he needs for his job...
"We're not unsophisticated," says Gregg. "We overbuilt and overcommitted, and it's mostly our own fault. But it's rational for people to feel that the President isn't doing enough to help. We can't wait for the January State of the Union address to learn what the...