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...Along with Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines have enthusiastically thrown in their lot with America. Singapore has long been a vocal advocate for a strong U.S. presence in the region, which it feels promotes stability. Manila is an old ally of Washington's and has for decades been battling its own Muslim insurgencies. Malaysia does have a Muslim majority, like Indonesia, but the government has never hesitated to use its draconian powers to keep the wilder fringes of the Muslim community under control, an attitude that seems to have been reinforced since Sept. 11 by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad...
...describes himself as a "once-idealistic Catholic," is unrepentant. Though its central characters are composites, he insists the film is an accurate depiction of life in institutions where young women were consigned to the care of often abusive nuns. "What really astonishes me about the church's very vocal outrage is that I think being in one of those places was a lot worse than you see in the film," he says. "I can't believe how stupid the church has been, to give instant condemnation before even seeing the film. They made us front page on every paper...
Hanson recently voiced a controversial opinion in favor of the University divesting itself from Israel, but he says his ideological disagreement with University President Lawrence H. Summers—a vocal supporter of Israel—is not the reason he is departing. Hanson said he and Rosenberger had been planning to give up their posts for about a year...
...singing hoary pop standards, with the TV audience eliminating one contestant a week. Down to the last two, it looked as though the electorate might be swayed by Justin's topiary hair and solicitous smile. But in the show's laboriously drawn-out two-hour finale, Clarkson's vocal gifts prevailed. Now if only we could get Americans to be as discerning--and involved--on Election...
...what's up with Scott Ritter? How did he go from the very personification of U.S. determination to hold Saddam Hussein to the agreements signed at the end of the Gulf War to a vocal and committed critic of the U.S. government's efforts to oust the Iraqi leader? There are no clear answers. Ritter has never lacked for personal courage, nor for outrage. First he directed that outrage and courage against the Iraqi officials sandbagging his inspection efforts in Iraq; then, on his return the focus of his ire became the Clinton administration which he accused of betraying UNSCOM...