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...Bush administration has put the "moral clarity" of refusing to engage with an elected Hamas government above the realpolitik needed to manage a volatile region. Nor is it inclined to restrain Israel from actions that may have irreversible negative consequences. It has, in other words, left itself little scope to orchestrate a calming of the situation through pressure both on Israel and key Arab players. Gaza therefore reveals a certain paradox in the U.S.-Israel relationship: the closer the Bush administration has positioned itself alongside Israel, the less valuable its friendship may have become. After all, the best kind...
...America's Interstate system - the largest civil engineering project in human history - is actually substantively complete. And now that it is, we can begin to comprehend its scope and impact. After we've spread enough asphalt and concrete and acquired enough right-of-way to cover the entire surface of the state of Delaware, we can begin to comprehend how this sprawling 75 m.p.h. planet of concrete, asphalt, steel and white-line-paint has changed America - both the way we live and how we view our nation. Like some vast, caffeine-propelled external manifestation of our collective nervous system, these...
...include a comprehensive package of economic incentives, including the building of light-water nuclear reactors, if Iran agrees to refrain from enriching uranium on its own soil. Reports out of Iran suggest that a majority of the Iranian leadership are ready to accept the principle of limiting the scope of its nuclear program, and will seek unconditional talks with the West to achieve that...
...case--a shy, bookish David against the brash, moneyed heir to a literary Goliath--could affect many scholars. U.S. copyright law can allow them to quote from sources for research, but Stephen Joyce says the law's scope is narrow. Shloss's attorney, fellow Stanford prof Lawrence Lessig, disagrees. He's working to protect scholars from aggressive tactics like Joyce's. Shloss says she just wants to guard her livelihood: "Why have writers and professors if we can't do our jobs...
...where suffering reigns supreme. When I had finished studying the photographs, I turned to the next story--about the complex surgery performed on the injured racehorse Barbaro. Why is it that we are willing to spend many thousands of dollars on a finely tuned animal yet virtually ignore the scope of human need? The contrast is mind boggling. LYNN MARK St. Louis...