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Here's something you probably know: Neanderthals did not shop at Tiffany's. Here's something you probably don't: They nonetheless had impressive taste in jewelry, a fact that makes them a bit more intelligent than we thought - and humans a bit less special...
People with ties to Washington will also join the IOP this spring, including Ernest J. Istook, a former Republican Congressman from Oklahoma and a current distinguished fellow at the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, and Mary Catherine "M.C" Andrews, former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and director of the White House Office of Global Communications...
...Martin Luther King died violently. Percy's friends in the military died violently. But God let Percy down easy. He lived 40 years longer than Dr. King and Malcolm and made good use of that time. So many of us are indebted to him. We always want some special gift for Christmas. I suppose this time, heaven wanted a present...
...Some analysts believe sections of the armed forces could provide a more effective alternative to civilian law-enforcement agencies in combating terrorism. The army, air force and navy all have élite units, known collectively as the Special Services Group, that are currently being underutilized. But others dismiss that suggestion as an intrusion into civilian affairs that will only delay the development of more effective law-enforcement institutions...
...regime did begin to soften, beginning with former President Bill Clinton's trip to Pyongyang in August to bring back two hapless American correspondents detained for entering North Korea illegally. Obama responded by sending his special envoy, Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, to Pyongyang in December bearing a private letter from the U.S. President to Kim Jong Il. In it, Obama offered the North a new era of relations with the U.S. if it first agreed to return to the six-party talks and agree (for the third time since 2005, and the fourth time since 1994) to dismantle its nuclear-weapons...