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Pappaw taught me the difference between education and wisdom. Schooled only through ninth-grade, he never read Thoreau, but I think he was a transcendentalist at heart. He was always happiest outside. He pointed out the forest fingerprints of deer or rabbits even though, in his equanimity, his eyes seemed still. He found meaning in the pace of nature, particularly in the rural tension between civilization and the unsullied beyond...
...what seems to matter most to Lula is the chance to thwart U.S. hegemony. "The U.S. thinks first and foremost about the U.S., so now it's up to the Brazilians to think more about ourselves," he told Time last year. "Foreign trade and relations depend on daring, wisdom and political will...
Lieberman has been booed more frequently than any of his opponents this year, which is a badge of honor in these days of furiously massaged political messages. He has supported free trade and school vouchers, and he has excoriated Hollywood for its excesses. Leave aside the wisdom of these positions; his willingness to take them stands in stark relief to, say, the candidacy of John Kerry, who has claimed "courage" as his theme and managed to take not a single inconvenient or unfudged position on any issue in this campaign. It also stands in contrast to Dean's furious backpedaling...
...early Wednesday morning at The Count—the biannual Cambridge tradition where votes are tallied and winners are named—a 26-year-old dark horse candidate seemed to have turned conventional wisdom on its head...
DeBergalis, who won more first-place votes than two of the sitting councillors, campaigned on a platform of student-centered issues, promising later hours for restaurants and more late-night transportation options. He launched a voter registration drive on the city’s campuses, challenging the conventional wisdom that the college students who live here nine months out of the year are not a major factor in city politics...