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...Iraq was dominated by the stressed out Marine in a Fallujah mosque unfortunate enough to be caught on camera shooting dead an apparently unarmed and wounded man. That event was all over the national media, with plenty of hand-wringing about combat stress and rules of war to remind us that this was not the way America behaves at war; this was a painful transgression. U.S. ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte even took the rare step of publicly expressing America's regret over the shooting, although there was also widespread support for the Marine shooter in the domestic media...
Last year, Mike and I laid out a comprehensive vision for the campus. We were careful to remind everyone that even if we delivered on many of our goals—2 a.m. party hours, universal keycard access, improved safety measures and better concerts—we would leave plenty undone. We learned that this is the inevitable nature of politics, especially in an environment where you hold few bargaining chips. The deans openly agree that the council represents students’ views, so “increased legitimacy” is no panacea for our problems. There...
...Whole World Watched I am not American, but I respect the choice of those who re-elected President Bush [Nov. 15]. I wish to remind them, however, that the decision they have made will also affect the citizens of the rest of the world, who desperately hope to see a less violent world in the next four years. Patama Udomprasert Tokyo...
...Depot's parking-lot bonanzas, or the reams of DVDs, CDs and books that make you think you've stumbled into Wal-Mart. Maybe it's the colorful signs hanging from the industrial, sky-high ceiling, festooned with cheeky slogans like IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT, which remind one of the king of cheap chic, Target. Then again it could be the 10-ft.-wide aisles and end-cap displays with towering boxes of bulk sodas, detergent and paper towels that look straight out of Costco, or the smarter, casual clothes that smack of Kohl's. Sure, this...
...several issues, shifting from a hard-nosed student of realpolitik to a true believer in Bush's vision of spreading democracy from Morocco to Afghanistan. Her transformation "was a bit of an iterative process," she told TIME last month. "One of the President's contributions had been to remind us all, again, of the link between our security and our values...