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...TIME article for Katrina's second anniversary, I explained how the warped priorities and tragic errors of the Army Corps of Engineers drowned New Orleans, and how the Corps and its allies in the political world were planning to repeat and extend some of those mistakes along the entire Louisiana coast. I'm thrilled to report that over the last year, the Corps has gently applied the brakes to those plans. That won't save the coast from Gustav; the storm is coming so soon after Katrina that there isn't much else to do except hope it weakens...
...with a fresh start and a clear message: Throw da bums out. It's a theme with a venerable history in American politics, dating back to Jefferson versus Burr in 1800. Take the ones on the inside and put them out, and put the ones on the outside in. Repeat as necessary...
...changed, perhaps permanently. Argentina humbled the United States, 89-81, in the Olympic semi-finals and the world took pleasure in America's demise. Then, the U.S. decided to develop a true national team, with the emphasis on team. And on Friday night in Beijing, there would be no repeat of the Athens disaster against Argentina. The U.S. cruised to a 101-81 victory, Argentina just another annoyance on the road to a gold medal that seems as predictable as a Phelps world record...
...convictions and explains why he seems to be so good at telling people what they long to hear. The Obama Nation is not that book. It reads like the worst kind of blog: slapdash, lazy, narcissistic. Corsi, who weirdly refers to himself as "we" throughout, is clearly gunning to repeat the success of the 2004 hit job Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry, which he co-authored. Early sales of Obama Nation have been strong, but readers looking for new information (of the accurate and revealing kind) will be disappointed. The book begins with...
...shattered the event's world record with his 12.88 time. As an Asian athlete competing in a klieg-light track event - not an international sideline sport like badminton or table tennis or synchronized diving - Liu came to personify the Chinese nation's rising ambitions. The pressure for a golden repeat in China's Games must have been overwhelming...