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...Whether all of this is a desperate ploy to inspire a virtual fan base or a genuine attempt to curb the stress of cramming for finals, one thing's for sure: no one’s saying no to free stuff...
...brutal trade-off. We can favor the unregulated market, which “directs capital to the productive and the young,” or we can fancy welfare policies, which “direct resources to the vulnerable and the elderly.” We must choose whether to “siphon” resources from the vigorous, youthful, and innovative to the weak, aging, and ordinary...
...first is that it is almost impossible to prove that sending more troops to Afghanistan will make Americans safer; after all, al-Qaeda's leadership is in Pakistan, not Afghanistan, and recent history shows that terrorists can plot and strike in Moscow and Madrid and Mumbai regardless of whether or not they have a safe haven in Afghanistan. The second problem with the national-security argument is that it is rhetorically defensive - it defines the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in terms of what American troops are fighting against, but provides little sense of what the country is fighting...
...inherited last January - with the U.S. largely discredited in the region and Iran ascendant - President Obama can claim success in having turned the diplomatic tide against Iran to the point that it is increasingly likely to face some new penalties. The questions that no one can answer, however, are whether President Obama has mustered the diplomatic capital - and the political will - to put tough new sanctions in place, and whether any such measures would slow Iran's pursuit of nuclear capabilities...
...world will soon know whether the prosecutor's saint-vs.-sinner theory has convinced the two Perugini judges and six citizens who have been watching the case with impassive faces for nearly a year. By Dec. 4, the jury will be responsible for unraveling a Gordian knot of science, superstition, logic and prejudice. They have not requested lodging, indicating that, as of today at least, they don't expect their deliberations to take more than...