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...Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, or KSM, to trial in a lower-Manhattan federal court has turned into a political nightmare for the Obama Administration. Republicans are capitalizing on broad popular opposition to allowing terrorist suspects held at Guantánamo to have their day in civilian courts, painting Democrats as soft on al-Qaeda. Democratic lawmakers are scrambling to distance themselves from the issue, and the Administration has been forced to change its plans...
Douglas Elmendorf doesn't look like the kind of guy who could intimidate those at the pinnacles of power. A soft-spoken academic who coaches his daughters' soccer team, he is described by virtually everyone who knows him as a genuinely nice guy. But consider some of the things that have been said about the director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and his ideas during the past year. "Off the wall," fumed Dave Obey, the famously volatile chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Senate majority leader Harry Reid has suggested - and not in a nice way - that Elmendorf...
...Norway” is the most dreamy of all, with fairy tale imagery and singing so soft it’s almost like Legrand is gasping for air. “Lover of Mine” is the most instantly accessible track on the album, where the starlight sounds are only slightly offset by the deepness of Legrand’s voice. “10 Mile Stereo,” a late album highlight, follows suit with an uncertain organ and a quick, almost Postal Service-esque beat...
...read out Amanda Ripley's "Please Remain Standing" with a bullhorn [Jan. 11]. Not only is our climate of victimization mocked by our enemies, it gives our government justification for spending more and gives us another reason to feel powerless. Terrorists perceive and want to exploit us as soft, arrogant, self-righteous targets. Ripley's article shows us how, despite heroism by the likes of Jasper Schuringa, our government is still happy to oblige them. When did being proactive become so politically incorrect? William Gilchrist Whittier, Calif...
...head against a toilet, masturbates naked in a forest and mutilates her own genitals. "The film was so dramatic and so extreme that it took all my thoughts away," she says. "It helped me recover." Von Trier still struggles to reconcile her raw performance in the movie with her soft-spoken manner in person. "Privately she is so shy. You can sit through a meal with her and she doesn't say anything," he says. "How can this very, very shy person do scenes like this?" (Read a Q&A with Lars von Trier...