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...N.E.A. is a terrorist organization." ROD PAIGE, Education Secretary, to Governors at a private White House meeting in response to a question about the National Education Association's opposition to Bush's No Child Left Behind law. After criticism, he apologized for the "poor choice of words...
Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was a lightning rod for student anti-war sentiment while serving under President Johnson during the Vietnam War, but last night, an overflow crowd at the Kennedy School of Government received him with courteous applause...
Consider the A-Rod deal a Dr. Phil-esque opportunity for national self-realization. Americans haven't been underdogs since 1812. We like to remember the Alamo because we fought long odds and had to give up an entire building; the Mexicans remember Texas. If ever a country's character demanded that it root against the underdog, it's ours. We are the country of crushing, monolithic corporations--of McDonald's, Wal-Mart and companies such as Aramark, Cendant and Sysco that are so powerful we don't even know what they do. We crush foreign dictators for looking...
People come to America for the same reason that A-Rod wanted to join the Yankees: both are well-run organizations with long histories of success. "I felt the allure of the tradition and the opportunity to win," said Rodriguez. People confuse pity with morality, but, as America has been arguing explicitly for several decades, there is nothing amoral about strength if it is used properly. The Yankees have good players, and the Romans made awesome aqueducts. Do you really think it makes you a better person to wish success upon a team with bad management, poor decision making...
...hope in the New York Yankees' big trade for Alex Rodriguez, baseball's highest-paid player. Over the past 15 years, having the richest player on your team has not been a ticket to success (see below). One problem: because of his restructured salary deal, A-Rod's pay won't be No. 1 in 2004. That honor now goes to Manny Ramirez--of the Red Sox. Talk about cursed...