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From his hard-edged Inaugural vow that "our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions, has surely passed" to his frequent promise of smarter government, Obama has reflected a national consensus - which seems to exclude only the 535 sitting lawmakers - that the old way...
There was one distinctive touch in Blagojevich's remarks - a rhetorical question posed again and again, with only slight variations: "How can you impeach a governor when what we did was about helping families and kids?" "I can't imagine how you can possibly throw me out of office for...
Perhaps it's true that if sufficiently angered by U.S. trade policy, China would feel compelled to inflict economic pain on itself by dumping U.S. debt, in order to send a message to Washington. But Geithner, despite his brief rhetorical flourish about manipulation, knows what his job is when it...
Does restoring solvency mean abandoning our commitment to freedom? No, but it means not writing rhetorical checks that we can't cash. America usually promotes liberty more successfully by luring autocracies into greater engagement with the West rather than by trying to quarantine them. What's more, America's greatest...
Just as his counter-punching style relies on a fundamental obstinacy, Nadal seems naturally resistant to criticism. In interviews, he consistently deflects questions with rhetorical returns ("But clearly I play better, no?" "I've won on grass before, no?"). At the BNP Paribas Masters in November, he insisted that what...