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...writing, “For Obama, with warm regards,” inside the book, because though the two are close enough that Chavez might give him the book uninvited, Obama has not earned the right to address Chavez on a first name basis. Or so Chavez might rationalize??it is dangerous to look too closely into the mind of someone so erratic...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad | Title: Chavez Can’t Shun the Spotlight | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...Evil: What Makes People Go Wrong?” Inside, the fetching McVeigh baby pictures were lined up, and the usual collection of nonentities (psychiatrists, neurologists and sociologists) offered the usual collection of thoughts—evildoers “lack empathy,” they “rationalize?? their crimes, they like to “dehumanize others.” Sometimes they have neglectful parents—sometimes they accept an intolerant ideology—sometimes they just get caught up in mob violence. Either it’s in their heads, in other words...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: McVeigh and the 'Problem' of Evil | 5/18/2001 | See Source »

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