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...Apple Joe Klein wrote a wonderful commentary about the excessive media attention Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received [Oct. 8]. Our obsession with that man has provided a distraction from our shortcomings in Iraq and allowed us to lose sight of our primary objectives in this war. It also prevents U.S. presidential candidates from discussing peace, for fear of seeming weak on national security. The buildup of Ahmadinejad culminated with the passage of the Kyl-Lieberman resolution in the Senate, which potentially gives President George W. Bush the ability to use military force to resolve conflicts with Iran. Americans are being...
Capecchi ultimately found his way to Harvard, the center of the universe in the early days of molecular biology. But he felt crowded by colleagues whose rivalries consumed them as much as their research. So he set off for the University of Utah, where the sight lines suited him better and collegiality was the key to success. He lives in a house high over a canyon. "I love looking across long distances," he says. "I think it sort of opens up my mind...
...Ahmadinejad in the Big Apple Joe Klein wrote a wonderful commentary about the excessive media attention Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received [Oct. 8]. Our obsession with that man has provided a distraction from our shortcomings in Iraq and allowed us to lose sight of our primary objectives in this war. It also prevents U.S. presidential candidates from discussing peace, for fear of seeming weak on national security. The buildup of Ahmadinejad culminated with the passage of the Kyl-Lieberman resolution in the Senate, which potentially gives President George W. Bush the ability to use military force to resolve conflicts with...
...traveled to the airport on Tuesday I noticed two elderly Buddhist nuns accepting alms at a large house on the outskirts of the city, the first adult clergy members I had seen doing this all week. But my line of sight was momentarily blocked by an image that better sums up a week in Rangoon in the aftermath of the pro-democracy protests. A fast-moving police wagon passed the two nuns; the arms of the detainees inside protruded through gaps in two iron grills along the vehicle's side...
...Still, as we reassess the war on terrorism, as we should, let's never lose sight of the fact that it was al-Qaeda that started it all by switching course and deciding to slaughter civilians in Manhattan and Bali...