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Chomsky: “[Dershowitz] has produced a series of hysterical tirades and lies concerning some entity in his fantasy world named ‘Chomsky,’ who lives on ‘Planet Chomsky.’ That is his standard style when he is exposed...
...eschewed it, as did Jimmy Carter. But not Ronald Reagan. Reagan made "God bless America" the omnipresent political slogan that it is today. He used the phrase to conclude his dramatic nomination acceptance address at the Republican Party convention in July 1980, and once in office, made it his standard sign-off. Presidents since Reagan have followed suit, and the shift in presidential rhetoric could hardly be more striking...
...administered. Should caucuses and primaries be open to independent and cross-over voters, or just to registered members of the party? Currently, different states have different rules governing this question. You can argue it either way, but it’s legitimate for each party to consider one national standard so that all states and election participants are treated the same way.Should states that hold caucuses be required to adopt a uniform set of rules for running those events? The large turnouts at the caucuses change the nature of those once-intimate events. Adjustments to be considered include ending same...
...Kampusch case," a businessman who lives across the street told the Kurier. "Now I am in the same situation." So, perhaps, is all of Austria. "It won't be possible after this case to just go back to the usual course of things," wrote the Vienna daily Der Standard in an editorial today. "A whole country has to ask itself what it was that has gone so fundamentally wrong...
...impression they don't care." Rosano and others credit the new U.S. ambassador to Colombia, William Brownfield, with bringing urgency to the case. "We need to remind Americans," Brownfield says, "that three of their own are being held in abominable conditions that violate every conceivable standard of international human-rights...