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...President's rut reflects a gathering dysfunction in his Administration. The White House seems paralyzed, unable to stanch the political, diplomatic and actual bleeding over Iraq. There are turf wars everywhere. The CIA is at war with the White House; the Pentagon is at war with the State Department and the National Security Council (NSC); some elements of the uniformed military are furious with the civilian leadership of the Pentagon, partly for launching the attack against Iraq in the first place without enough allied support. The fault lines are largely between moderate diplomatic and military traditionalists and more aggressive neoconservatives...
While the makeshift window-screen-and-desk-chair Beirut table that you constructed in your common room freshman year might still hold a special place in your heart, it’s time to grow up and see what a real ’rut table looks like. The following is a short selection of the best Beirut tables on campus. Combining artistry and alcoholism, each table was built with tender loving care and serves as a testament to the craftsmanship, ingenuity and beer-guzzling capacity of the Harvard community. If you ever find yourself in the same room...
...with young people, is that they have a lot of choices to make. In a way that’s very good, in another way that can cause you to freeze, to wonder if you’ve made the right choice. You can get stuck in a rut. If you’re not burned out, go straight to graduate school. Once you’ve tasted the real world, you won’t want to go back. Also, there’s always a premium for being done at a young age. At the same time, it?...
...being bored and the age-old stumpers: “Who Made God?” “What is the central philosophical question of our time?” and “Why are people in New York City so low in energy and in a rut?” It was a mix of Hegel, Socrates and Lucy from the “Peanuts” comic strip, who sold Charlie Brown pearls of wisdom for five cents apiece...
That is not easy. Privately, most leading Democrats--especially those who are economists--agree on only two principles: there is no One Big Dramatic Thing you can do to fix the economy, but you probably have to do something to nudge the country out of the current rut. The "security" theme might work nicely here. Universal health insurance is a form of security. Spending more to protect Americans from terrorism is another. Spending more on highways and communications can be seen as a form of national security as well. Eisenhower was able to fund the creation of the interstate highway...