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...stroke of the dream-maker's genius that the attorney general in this religious passion play is the same Public Official whose minions once burned down a compound of believers in Texas, incinerating a number of the faithful. So the attorney general, her eyes behind bottle-bottom glasses looking like enormous, startled fish in an aquarium, proceeds with the anguished metaphysical doubt of one who has seen the Fire. What is the Law of mere Caesar in the face of Faith and Passion...
...recent selection of a new prime minister in Japan epitomized the way Japanese politics work. With little or no public input, party officials selected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) officer Yoshiro Mori to replace former prime minister Keizo Obuchi, who suffered a stroke. In back-room negotiations based mostly on who would most obediently and loyally serve the LDP's interests, Mori emerged with the coveted title in hand. Unfortunately, his selection embodied the flawed modus operandi of the LDP and the Japanese political system in general...
...only were there problems with Mori's selection, but the troubling state of the Japanese media was revealed as well. Immediately following Obuchi's stroke, there was a 22-hour media blackout about the prime minister's location and status. The press first reported that he was "studying policy," blindly accepting the briefings offered to them by party officials...
...researchers report that it may be more strongly linked to heart attacks than cholesterol. A study of 28,000 healthy women found that those with high blood levels of hs-CRP (as your doctor calls it) are 4 1/2 times as likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke even if their cholesterol count is normal. The test for hs-CRP is inexpensive and has been approved for use since late last year...
...stroke that has left Japan's Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi fighting for his life is bad news for those studying his country's vital signs. The Japanese cabinet resigned en masse Tuesday, paving the way for the election of a new leader. But that may not be a simple matter in a ruling party divided on issues ranging from the pace of banking reform to personality differences. "Obuchi was the one leader able to unite the different factions of the ruling party," says TIME Tokyo bureau chief Tim Larimer. "Those who had been complaining that Obuchi's government had been...