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...access to birth control and abortion. Is Warren upholding George W. Bush's global gag rule? Has anyone told him that proselytizing is arrogant in its lack of respect for local cultures? The belief that one's own religion is right and everyone else's is wrong is the root of most of the conflict occurring today. True believers are always wrong, whether they are Christians, Muslims or Jews. Janet Maker, LOS ANGELES...
...tease the bear, because it may just be smarter than you. It appears the Georgians fell into the yawning trap set for them by the Russians. For years both sides had fired on the other, and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili decided that this summer was the time to root out the separatists - many with freshly issued Russian passports - in South Ossetia. When his forces moved into the province on Aug. 7, the Russian bear pounced. By all accounts, the Georgians moved first militarily. By most accounts, the Russians were simply awaiting that provocation, biding their time, with massive columns...
...forefront is Jean-Christophe Ansanay-Alex ("J.C. A.A." to his habitués), who likes to take an English staple like fish and chips with mushy peas and turn it into Dover sole with vegetable root chips, sauce Paloise and green-pea puree. The onetime personal chef to Christina Onassis, Ansanay-Alex gives British ingredients the Gallic once-over - think beef stuffed with oysters and served with Guinness sauce - at his South Kensington restaurant, Ambassade de L'Ile, www.ambassadedelile.com...
...called "checkbook diplomacy" was prompted primarily by the vicious circle created by the almost unlimited contest between mainland China and Taiwan in the international arena. We shouldn't give [allies] cash only for political purposes. The most important thing is that we attack the problem at its root: cross-Strait relations. That's why we want to use the current improvement of relations with the mainland to extend that to the international arena. If we are able to have a truce in the diplomatic area, both of us will not try to court and solicit and then win over...
...debate has come to an end, and the more aggressive approach has clearly won out. The McCain campaign, under the direction of its new leader, Steve Schmidt, has settled on a story line that could last through the election. It is, at root, an experience argument, adjusted to undercut the enormous enthusiasm that Obama generates. It can be seen in the recent McCain campaign ad that compares Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, or the recent Republican Party ad that compares Obama to David Hasselhoff. It can be seen in the recent self-deprecating distribution of "junior varsity" press...