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...Reaganesque: At base, they are about national security. But that foundation has now collapsed. McCain's support for the Iraq surge, and his tough talk on Iran, no longer rouses even G.O.P. audiences. And Giuliani's vague calls for staying on the offense against terrorists ring much hollower now that most Americans yearn to bring our troops home from Ramadi and Baghdad. As Tom Schaller recently noted in The American Prospect, the major speakers at CPAC barely mentioned Iraq...
...drug trade tomorrow by legalization and taxation, which would take away the enormous profits earned in illicit trade and reduce theft by addicts who steal to support their habit. The huge sums reserved for incarceration and policing could be spent on health care and education. William A. Ring San Diego...
...tiny, clever mouse dancing between elephants." That's some rodent. Every new MobiTV product or service touches a multitude of partners and involves infrastructure, new technologies (for server, handset and network), testing, integration with carriers, marketing and sales support, business development and contract negotiations. "It's a real three-ring circus," he says. "You have to make sure that no one drops anything as they juggle. It's a huge coordination exercise...
...more than 20,000 additional soldiers in a last-ditch effort to stabilize the region. Such rhetorical packaging comes at a time when President Kennedy’s mandate to “ask not what your country can do for you” carries a particularly persuasive ring, harkening us back to an era in which national struggles could become a source of national unity. But the tragically one-sided nature of the sacrifice Bush has proposed reveals that the president’s outlook has little in common with this vision...
Admittedly, “The Astronaut Farmer” has a certain forced charm. It features an uncommonly amusing cell phone ring and earns a few other good-natured laughs. Its earnest nature is at times compelling: it is refreshing to see a family film that lacks an ironical mocking of children beneath its surface. Still, filmmakers erred in naming one of the Farmers’ daughters Sunshine—seriously, trying too hard...