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...pleasure, and freedom realizes that the only true solace resides in the personal relationships that endure life’s changes. McEwan’s writing becomes increasingly fatalistic and forlorn as the novel progresses, and Beard realizes that even the “highest ambitions” cannot save him from “another night of unmemorable insomnia.” The environment of “Solar” is populated with miserable individuals who enjoy employment without understanding their purpose, and who embrace causes unprepared and unable to make a difference. Through Beard, McEwan hints that...
...solution borne of socialist tendencies or a belief in government as the most efficient allocator of capital but, rather, the clear realization that the government can employ people quickly and effectively. The first step must be for the government to extend aid to states in order to save the jobs of teachers, civil servants, and local employees such as firefighters and policemen. Such aid was extended in Obama’s stimulus bill and helped save a great deal of jobs, but with almost every state running deficits and with a few even approaching bankruptcy, states would be forced...
Junior Liza Ryabkina got the best look at the net during the man advantage, getting an open shot in the slot, but Weisz came up with another save...
...express contempt for what they say is incompetence compounded by misguided priorities. The respected Washington wise man Les Gelb, former head of the Council of Foreign Relations, channeled the Beltway's conventional wisdom when he wrote that a full-scale personnel shake-up is the only way Obama can save his presidency. The media has largely shaken off its febrile Obamamania and adopted a "can't this gang shoot straight?" posture toward nearly every Administration action, reverting to the standard reflexive skepticism of the Washington press corps. The shared subtext is most dangerous of all: that perhaps the country elected...
...iron law of politics is that a body in motion tends to remain in motion - as long as the motion is downward. Right now, despite Obama's having helped save the world economy from falling into depression, having passed a round of important legislation on such issues as children's health and equal pay for women, and having effectively managed the national-security challenges he inherited, the people who control the vast majority of the political discourse across all platforms are nearly uniform in their belief that the political health of Obama's presidency is at best grim...