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...same thing for months." There is a common pact we all make -- that there is a role for government and that each of us can make a difference. Now that's missing. What's happened? It seems to me that many journalists feel they are somehow a culture unto themselves. It's as if they can't have any patriotism, they can't have any friends in Congress, they can't be committed to an idea or make a judgment that one idea is better than another idea. They're detached, very little involved in the process. There's enormous...
Providing moral focus for the demonstrations was Chamlong Srimuang, a retired general and former governor of Bangkok who heads the opposition Palang Dharma party. A Buddhist, Chamlong announced that he would fast unto death to force Suchinda to resign. That vow sparked the antigovernment rallies. Suchinda fought back by accusing critics of promoting social unrest and declaring that he would resign only if his coalition suffered a parliamentary defeat. Suchinda's defiance was undermined, however, when his five-party coalition, clearly shaken by events, agreed to four constitutional amendments, including one that would require the Prime Minister...
...UNTO THE SONS by Gay Talese (Knopf; $25). It may be overwritten, but this lengthy memoir exhaustively, often vividly tells of the great wave of Italian immigration to the U.S., through the experiences of the author's ancestors. Imagine Roots dipped in marinara sauce...
...Come unto Him, all ye that labor, ye that are heavy laden, and He will give you rest. In the post-messianic age, dining services labor disputes will be resolved amicably. Overworked cafeteria employee will receive their just rewards. There will be justice in the kitchens...
...that questing for one's origins, personal or ethnic, has become a booming subgenre of the book biz. This sprawling, elegantly written example of the type is by a previous chronicler of the New York Times (The Kingdom and the Power) and the sexual revolution (Thy Neighbor's Wife). Unto the Sons is only marginally autobiographical; in larger measure it is the story of the great wave of Italian immigration that began around the turn of the century, as filtered through one family's experience, and of the hardscrabble world the voyagers left behind. Call it Roots dipped in marinara...