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Saddam has always been obsessed with building. The Pharaonic size of his enterprises--vast palaces, gigantic mosques, even the idea of an atom bomb--reflect his self-image as history's hero. He never forgets he was born in Tikrit, home nine centuries ago to the great Saladin, the Islamic victor in the Crusades. Saddam's latest Baghdad palace features columns topped with huge replicas of his own head bearing Saladin's helmet. He shaped the minarets on the grand new Mother of All Battles mosque to resemble the Scud missiles he fired at Israel during the Gulf War. These...
...writer is a commissioner on the Federal Election Commission. The views expressed are those of Commissioner Smith, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the commission or other commissioners...
...whole process is called redistricting. Every ten years, after the latest census figures come out, state governments redraw state and federal congressional districts to reflect the latest population changes. To most of us outside of government, it's a boring, confusing mess of endlessly twisting lines running through neighborhoods on a map. To politicians, it's a cage match to the death, complete with court hearings. The political and legal complexities of redistricting are vast, but most politicians have a simple goal - to protect their own seat and, if possible, try to guarantee their party a majority...
This unhappy arrangement appears to reflect what economists refer to as “managerial slack.” In making decisions about outsourcing, administrators have not always put the interests of the University community above the pursuit of their own personal objectives. Thanks to the hard work of the janitors union and the Living Wage Campaign, University President Lawrence H. Summers is now attempting to achieve a cultural change...
...University’s just-concluded agreement with the guards “does not reflect a change in the way most people in the country have reprioritized security,” he said...