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...Kilpatrick’s self-obsessed indignation shouldn’t be surprising: Political leaders who have slipped so far from an ethic of responsibility to their cause and constituents can rarely reclaim the veneer that once made them seem so admirable...
...While the public waits patiently for Sen. Stevens’ sentencing, let us attempt to counterbalance that unfortunate self-interest of the political establishment with a renewed vigilance as voters. Emotional investment in a candidacy is fine during campaign season, though it never hurts to shore that passion up with a little policy...
...tide of our politics may turn on Election Day—and, judging by the polls, most Americans would consider it a happy development. What becomes absolutely essential then, as these scandals have demonstrated, is to avoid at all costs slipping into the self-satisfied unreason of most avid supporters of Kilpatrick, or Stevens (or Bush). Instead, we should take whichever president we elect at his word, and be the active, thoughtful, and occasionally critical citizens we’ve been called...
...self-proclaimed proponent of aesthetics, Shemtov has a history of decking out his rooms. His apartment in New York City is a sleek black and white creation. During his stay in Lionel freshman year, he used red brocade fabric, old prints from the 1700s, and even a chandelier to create an elaborate setting. “That was my over-the-top year,” he says...
...changes allowed in the past few years would have come about without the efforts of activists who had long been frozen out of the political mainstream. "A free press, an independent judiciary, an auditor general - it took Gayoom nearly three decades to even consider these things," says Moosa, the self-exiled activist who is also editor of the online Dhivehi Observer...