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Unfortunately, the second part of Earth in the Balance emphasizes philosophical analysis too naively to be interesting. Al Gore hypothesizes that we frequently talk about changing the world, but seldom follow through. The irrelevance of the book's second section will fail to endear environmental consciousness to the masses...
...Barbara, who also stayed in her doorway as she talked to me, was primarily concerned about the environment and the economy. She said that she seldom votes in primaries, and did not like any of the candidates in the race; she was waiting for a Green Party candidate. But for her good intentions, Barbara was badly uninformed about the presidential candidates. When I started discussing Harkin's environmental record, she asked: "Is Harkin a Democrat or Republican...
...conscience of the Republican Party at mid-century, noted in criticizing the Nazi trials. It is a "fundamental principle of American law that a man cannot be tried under an ex post facto statute," said Taft. "About this whole judgment there is the spirit of vengeance, and vengeance is seldom justice." Vengeance is precisely the point for some Germans who have grievances against the East German state. But even if one views it as fair to criminalize acts retroactively, as a majority of Germans and as residents of other former communist states in Eastern Europe seem to feel, questions persist...
...people smarter and more ruthless than he. David Sarnoff, the founder of NBC, is one of those ruthless people ("I don't get ulcers; I give them," he once said), but he was the indispensable man who brought radio to the mass audience. Together, their lives illustrate a seldom-told story: how creativity and commerce intersect to form progress...
...most Americans, the plea is a cop-out -- a too easy alibi that could allow monsters like Dahmer to return to the streets. In fact, the insanity defense is seldom used and rarely successful. Experts estimate the defense is raised in fewer than 1% of the 13 million criminal cases filed annually in the U.S. On those rare occasions where it succeeds, the offense is usually nonviolent, and the prosecution and defense agree that the accused is deranged. One example: a homeless person with schizophrenia who is charged with disorderly conduct...