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Entering the endgame of a presidential election, gloves come off and campaigns often resort to less-than-honorable tactics to energize supports or sow doubt among an opponent’s potential voters. The McCain-Palin ticket has epitomized this fourth-quarter retreat into murky tactics, for example, with its use of Barack Obama’s middle name, Hussein, as political ammunition. Appealing to the worst of voters’ prejudices, such tactics are particularly fiendish for their ability to degrade even those who speak out against them. A friend of mine, stalwart of the Republican information network that...
...Appeal to Reason,” Rise Against is in a constant state of urgency. The single “Re-Education (Through Labor)” makes a promise to those in charge: “We sweat all day long for you / But we sow seeds to see us through… / We wait to reap what we are due.” On “Hero of War,” Rise Against goes acoustic with a first-person account of a remorseful soldier who asks his son, “Son / Have you seen...
...Eastern European countries. American cultural attitudes toward math have paralyzed our education prospects: Times tables are relegated to the past, students languish in an academic environment sorely lacking in math standards, and the ubiquitous American “fear” of math looms large. We reap what we sow, and if the seeds of both curricular and extra-curricular support for math are planted, perhaps we will witness a surge in the of growth in mathematical excellence...
...Addressing independence day celebrations on Tuesday, Calderon called for national unity against the cartels, and said he would not retreat from his offensive. "It was a miserable attack against defenseless people, celebrating our national fiesta with peace and pride. When they try and sow fear for their own ambitions, it is not one person or group who suffers the consequences but all Mexicans," he said from Mexico's towering Independence monument. "We need unity. We need to all rally round the government to stop these criminals...
Hollywood isn't alone in wanting to turn Morocco into Iraq. Al-Qaeda, and a small but virulent band of loosely associated jihadis, would also love to make their mark in this nation of 34 million. They see corruption, spreading slums and 15% unemployment as fertile ground to sow their extremism. Similar conditions in neighboring Algeria gave rise to an ongoing civil war between security forces and armed Islamists that has left 150,000 dead. Morocco is next in the jihadis' crosshairs...