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...NASA, it's that when a spaceship ain't broke, the last thing you want to try to do is fix it. The Apollo moonships and the Saturn rockets that launched them had an extraordinary safety and success record, relying on the old concept of throwaway parts: When one stage of a rocket is spent, dump it in the ocean; when you're through with your lunar lander, leave most of it on the moon...
...promised to be interesting at the very least. With the liberal elite split in two, a proscenium stage set for soundbite questioning from serious senators, the confirmation hearings for John G. Roberts ’76 as Chief Justice to the Supreme Court promised to be an entertaining piece of political theater. Unfortunately, the lead is not performing. Not only are many questions going unanswered, but Roberts’ appropriate silence on his decisions for future cases is making the side characters—the senators—look...
...short, this play needs to leave the main stage...
...tried to go out there and be confident in myself,” O’Hagan said. “It’s the biggest stage I’ve played on in my whole life. I’m surrounded by such good players I just wanted to go out there and make good decisions?...
...Mike Pence (R-Ind.), the prematurely white-haired leader of the House conservative caucus, set the stage for a tense week for the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue when he declared Sunday on ABC?s ?This Week? that to offset the cost of Katrina relief, ?We've got to talk about big ticket items.? He said the nation ?simply cannot break the bank of the federal budget that is currently running about an $8 trillion national debt, about $26,000 per family.? While House Republican leaders do not necessarily disagree with Pence, they have been publicly supportive of the White...