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...short, the Viet Nam analogy is really the Viet Nam fallacy. It is fallacious not just in the objective difference between the two situations, but in the way that indulgence of a false analogy can skew judgment. In general, foreign policy is better served by a conscious attempt to analyze each situation afresh, rather than by the wisdom of hindsight (which, of course, is really not wisdom at all). Soldiers, it has often been said, have the bad habit of waging the last war. Americans, in their current fretting over El Salvador, are similarly afflicted. Across the political spectrum, there...
Before the final figures are set, the council is likely to skew the tax rate, so that businesses will pay a higher rate than homeowners. The council declared last night that its policy was to set residential taxes at the minimum permissible under state...
Browne is a firm believer in monetary policy, but he noted that monetarism is designed to work in a free market. "The skew between the private and public sectors has widened," he said. "We've all been living for 30 years under socialism in Britain and have gotten used to the painkiller...
...fact, Troise admitted, he and a friend were trying to mobilize the nation's pets to solve the energy crisis. "Put the little beggars on treadmills." Did the movement have a slogan? "Sure: 'It's not enough to be cute any more.' " -By John Skew...
...would be surprised if the general managers didn't have positive reactions--knowing they were coming here to skew the union. I'd expect them to leave gleeful, smiling and jumping," Donald Brodie, assistant executive director of NFL players associations said...