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...quickly, they admit, but not quite abruptly enough to be explained this way. So alternate theories - the dinosaurs succumbed to allergies, from the rise of flowering plants, or to world-shaking volcanoes in what's now India, or to disease - have always bubbled around the periphery of the conventional wisdom. We wrote about one of these hypotheses a couple of months...
...verge of disintegration is exactly what he appears to be: a teenager nowhere near ready to lead a student union, let alone a country. "Unless I can finish my education and develop enough maturity, I recognize that I will never be in a position to have sufficient wisdom to enter the political arena," Bhutto Zardari himself conceded...
Over the next four years, America will require the leadership of a wise, competent, and principled president. Among the presidential hopefuls, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) alone has proven himself capable of undertaking this enormous responsibility. His positions on critical issues such as terrorism, immigration, and torture reflect the wisdom that stems from a lifetime of service, and he has the moral integrity Americans can trust...
...We’ve often heard the conventional wisdom that mayors lack the experience necessary to be president. However, in terms of domestic policy issues, New York City is, as much as a city can be, a microcosm of the United States. Problems such as inefficient spending, crime, and a flawed education system are challenges faced by governments at all levels, and Rudy has time and again proven he can tackle these sorts of problems. And, in addressing problems he wasn’t exposed to as mayor, Rudy would apply his model of persistence and innovation to craft...
...escalating prices of oil and foodstuffs. Laws passed to allow employees and businesses to sidestep France's 35-hour workweek limitation and heed Sarkozy's call to "work more to earn more" have largely been ignored as too complicated, and even some fellow conservatives question the wisdom of the $22 billion in tax cuts passed last July when - as Sarkozy himself acknowledged last month - "the coffers are empty". Little wonder, then, that as displeasure over Sarkozy's glitzy private life has grown, both approval and confidence indices have shrunk. Just 34% of respondents now believe Sarkozy is capable of remedying...