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...nonsense in a world of borderless information and travel and communication. He has boiled down his thinking to a simple idea--call it the Kofi Doctrine--which has a chance of becoming as elemental to this century as the Truman Doctrine was to the last: Sovereignty is not a shield...
LIFE IS GOOD Barbara Coloroso, the author of Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief, and Change (HarperCollins), is a great believer in openness with children in the face of death. "We can try to hide the loss from them, try to shield them from the anguish, convince ourselves they are too young to understand--they will still grieve, but without the comfort, support, knowledge and tools they need...
...Connecticut Senator's reputation for thoughtfulness and rectitude bolsters Gore in much the same way Gore bolstered Clinton eight years ago, before two terms alongside the President tarnished his shield. Lieberman's past and present denunciations of Clinton's "immoral" behavior help insulate Gore from the country's disgust with Clinton ethics. (The implicit argument: Lieberman said what Gore felt but as Vice President could not permit himself to say.) The fact that Lieberman is the first Jew on a major party ticket makes Gore's choice historic, courageous and potentially transformative, although it was hard not to feel that...
...such a setting, containing the blazes is not a priority, nor is it even practical. "As it is," says Steve Frye, incident commander for the valley complex, "we have only enough resources to protect homes and property." Given the flames' unpredictable behavior, providing a heat shield is often impossible, and even under good conditions it can require novel, high-risk tactics. "We are going into situations that, absent homes and property, we wouldn't be putting fire fighters into," says Frye. Now and then rugged cabin dwellers tell Frye they don't expect the Federal Government to defend their dwellings...
...Administration officials say China was planning to modernize its ICBMs anyway and they're uneasy about "buying off" North Korea "for something they shouldn't be doing in the first place," as one senior aide put it. And, they argue, a missile shield is still needed to protect against other rogue states like Iraq and Iran that are itching to deploy ICBMs. But it may be a decade before those countries are a threat. If North Korea abandons its program, billions wouldn't have to be spent for a shield so soon, and free launch services may prove a small...