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...According to local lore, the giant snake?which was forbidden from entering the monkhood by the Lord Buddha because it wasn't human?has roamed a subterranean universe known as the Muang Badan for thousands of years, slithering through a vast network of caves and tunnels. The main thoroughfare?the Naga superhighway, if you like?is said to run from Kam Chanode in Udon Thani province to Wat Paa Ahong, a temple on the riverbank more than 100 kilometers away in neighboring Nong Khai. Pilgrims, I was told, visit Kam Chanode to anoint themselves with water from the Naga...
President George W. Bush wants a war with Saddam Hussein in order to secure control of the vast Iraqi oil fields. This is a line of reasoning that we often hear from those on the appeasement-oriented left. If one really believes that the administration is subservient to the whims of “Big Oil,” it may seem an enticing argument. Unfortunately, it is logically backward. Given that Hussein’s full compliance with U.N. weapons inspectors is implausible—making a confrontation exceedingly likely—it would be useful to debunk this...
...unfortunate but undeniable that the perception exists amongst vast swathes of the Harvard community that varsity athletes are largely dunces who are only allowed to associate with their hallowed intellectual classmates by the grace of God and the recruiting strategies of Satan. I am surely no varsity athlete, but I understand their frustration when faced with myriad attacks from these ranks of sniveling intellectual snobs, still bitter about being chosen last in middle school gym class and reveling in their chance for revenge. Player-haters take note: athletics should have every bit as important a role to play in undergraduate...
...President Walter Mondale accused Senator-Elect Norm Coleman of being an “Arbitrary Pro-Lifer.” Coleman then invited Mondale to join him in supporting a ban on partial birth abortions and a requirement for parental notification in cases of child pregnancy (legislation that the vast majority of Minnesotans support). Mondale stumbled for an answer, likely afraid to move from the rigid ideological position dictated by supporters of abortion rights. Democrats who are opponents of abortion heard Mondale’s views loud and clear. A vote for Mondale meant the status quo in the Senate...
Blickstead, a Canadian, included a clause in the bill that originally read, “Whereas many students fly home for American Thanksgiving,” but the word “American” was quickly stricken by a vast majority of the council. The bill then passed by a wide margin...