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...have winced more than once upon hearing President Bush's cowboy-like rhetoric, but the phrase "axis of evil" had me sitting bolt upright in my chair, stunned, as I listened to his State of the Union speech linking Iran, Iraq and North Korea as dangerous regimes [NATION, Feb. 11]. Is Bush nuts? It's one thing to go after the Sept. 11 terrorists and their ideological kin, but I am not willing to be part of the war he seems to be envisioning. This type of inflammatory rhetoric is the kind of stuff one would expect from Third World...
...great Viennese psychotherapist Viktor Frankl wrote, “Man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those chambers upright, with the Lord’s Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips.” This quotation, found in Frankl’s seminal work, Man’s Search for Meaning, is a reminder that even in the darkness of great evil the light of human dignity shines...
...luck. The former mayor of New York City visited London last week and received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth for his leadership on Sept. 11 and its aftermath. But U.S. citizens, unlike subjects of the Commonwealth, don't kneel before the monarch, and so Rudy stayed upright. Giuliani received a silver cross and a star pin, but despite being compared to Winston Churchill during the blitz, he is not entitled to affix an official "Sir" before his name. Later he and his companion JUDITH NATHAN took in the sights and met Prime Minister Tony Blair. Visiting with members...
...judge's ruling. Replays showed that Sikharulidze clearly botched a jump, and when the marks were flashed the crowd booed loudly - and continued to boo as the Russians were awarded their medal. "Some people close to the judge have acted badly and have put someone who is honest and upright, but emotionally fragile, under pressure," Gailhaguet said Wednesday. "She is a fragile person and I think she has been somewhat manipulated." Le Gougne herself, because of ISU rules forbidding judges from explaining their decisions, isn't talking...
...bearded soldiers making their way up a pass in the White Mountains of Tora Bora were decked out in flat-topped Afghan caps and flowing shalwar kameezes. From a distance only one detail gave them away as Americans. Afghan alliance fighters - dedicated but largely untrained - walk upright, making themselves easy targets for enemy fire. The Americans were shimmying up the hill on their bellies...