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Later, while answering a question on why Americans elected a conservative president but a largely liberal congress, Kesler said the Republicans could not beat the Democrats because of the Democratic ideology. He argued that the rational choice for human beings is the selfish choice. Hence, by choosing a conservative president...

Author: By Paveljit S. Bindra, | Title: Speaker Seeks Faith, Reason | 3/13/1991 | See Source »

Although I am a close personal friend of Mr. El-Jeaan, it is certainly not my place to respond to Mr. Ben-Gacem's outrageous and unsubstantiated charges against him. Rather, as a person actively engaged in campus activities related to the Middle East, I would like to attempt a...

Author: By Stephen W. Gauster, | Title: A Dangerous Doctrine | 3/6/1991 | See Source »

During the Red Scare, simply questioning the American government made you a Communist. Today, any challenge to traditional, white, male, heterosexual hegemony makes you a PC totalitarian. Just as the "Commie" epithet was used three decades ago to suspend rational political discourse, so today is the catch-phrase "PC" bandied...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Who's the Real McCarthy? | 3/4/1991 | See Source »

A. On average, a letter carrier makes $30,000 a year plus $8,500 in benefits. Our people make 21% to 28% over the private sector. No rational person is going to say that they are underpaid.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor 29-cent Stamps: ANTHONY FRANK | 3/4/1991 | See Source »

Those were unstable times. The wing of the Baath Party in which Saddam and Aziz were members had just come to power. In the offices of both men there were submachine guns. Even at that stage, many features of Saddam's character were clearly evident, features that were preserved and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Inside Story of Moscow's Quest For a Deal | 3/4/1991 | See Source »

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