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...shadow conveners bewail as signs of disgust might just as plausibly be taken for the sleepy indifference of a fat and happy populace. But her larger charge--that the two parties, in thrall to a self-satisfied elite, have become homogeneous, to the detriment of a robust political debate--is far more plausible. Anyone who doubts it should be forced to explain the difference between George Bush's "compassionate conservatism" (or is it "conservative compassion"?) and Al Gore's "pragmatic idealism" (or is it "idealistic pragmatism"?) in 300 words or less. With both parties staking claim to the same territory...
...generosity may be the best measure of our humanity. To become fabulously wealthy, to win great fame--these are triumphs not of humanity but of vanity. For the past two decades of robust economic growth, Americans have too often reveled in that vanity. We are the richest, strongest, smartest nation on earth. We have produced more millionaires (2 1/2 million) and billionaires (267) than any other nation. We have discovered more cures and launched more new technologies. But are those the measures that matter...
...hasn't always been smooth sailing. By 1989, Cheney had suffered three mild heart attacks, and has since undergone coronary bypass surgery. However, he has had several years of robust health, and while time-consuming, Cheney's medical setbacks did not affect the path of his political career...
...eternity, which means that our rivers, like ancient sacred entities, can lead the country wherever it wishes to be led. They have served as the passageways to killing grounds and tyrannies, where the "dark" people have been slaughtered or subdued by the children of "the light." They have allowed robust expansions as agents of social mobility, both vertical and horizontal. They have opened America to its imagination. They have invited exploitation of the natural conditions around them and of themselves--dammed up, dried up. They have allowed for collective and individual moral choice: kill or don't kill. Enslave...
Perhaps even more daunting, in the face of Internet-wide virus attacks, is the realization that we will depend in larger and larger measure on the network's functioning reliably. Making this system of millions of networks sufficiently robust and resilient is a challenge for the present generation of Internet engineers. Failure could portend an increasingly fragile future. But I am an optimist. I believe we are going to live in a world abundant with information and with the tools needed to use it wisely...