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Having Scott Anderson as the creative genius behind the major compositions, paintings and literary works of the twentieth century provides a convenient and heavy-handed way of getting at these themes and questions, although the highly improbable scenario has a certain forced, unreal tone. Instead of making an insightful comment on how we define artistic greatness and bestow fame, it actually takes something away from the ambitious discussion of our desire for those things. The precarious arrangement behind which Scott has hidden his genius from the outside world is all about to come undone, two days before Scott?...
Military planning must always be for the worst-case scenario, not for a world where every country acts as expected. We may expect that China would never invade Taiwan, but our expectations are unlikely to give the Taiwanese nearly so much comfort as Aegis radar the next time China conducts missile exercises off the Taiwan coast. The submarines are similarly a defensive weapon against invasion—Taiwan is not in a position to attack the mainland. It would be irresponsible to leave Taiwan defenseless when it faces such a powerful and aggressive threat...
...want the feds to provide a closed-circuit television broadcast, either to a viewing room in Terre Haute or a remote site in Oklahoma City. After all, other victims' families are permitted to watch an execution if they choose - it's just the sheer number of victims in this scenario that presents a problem. But while many agree with the request in theory, the situation still presents U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft with something of an ethical conundrum: Will the U.S. government sanction the broadcast (albeit private) of an execution...
...started with our eldest kid, noting that although adolescents still need as much as 9 1/2 hours of sleep every night, they often get sleepy about an hour later than they did before hitting puberty. Ideally, if they go to bed later, they should sleep later, but that scenario conflicts with most school schedules. Thus some activists are lobbying to start the day later at middle and high schools nationwide. In the meantime, Owens suggests that kids steal a few minutes of morning sleep by skipping a shower here and there and by setting out clothes and backpacks the night...
...hope both sides have learned the importance of engagement, particularly military-to-military engagement, which helps both sides to more accurately read each other's intentions. The worst-case scenario is for these two juggernaut militaries to be second-guessing each other. Both sides need a clear set of norms and protocols to guide them through such situations...