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This is the first of many messages to come. You can expect me to communicate frequently, informally as well as formally, as we move forward. Thank you again for your warm welcome, wise advice, and good wishes...
...Some wise hands in Washington have learned to avoid secrets at all cost. Last month David Margolis, a 40-year veteran of the Justice Department nicknamed "Yoda" because of his deep authority in the building, testified that he actively avoided learning details of sub-rosa White House involvement in the U.S. Attorney firings...
...filmmakers, the audience) really want them to. I mean, why would you put a sexy mystery woman into Live Free or Die Hard if not bring her into conflict with its weary, but still nicely toned hero and witness the slender beauty and the rudely wise-cracking beast battle each other. It's nice, clean sado-masochism that doesn't endanger the blessed PG-13 rating...
...famously liberal in accepting that his ex-wife Demi Moore has married a much younger man, Ashton Kutcher. For this he thanks--and this lets you see how insular fame is--Will Smith. "He was very wise, and I want to give him credit," Willis says. "He told me, 'You put the kids first. As an adult, a couple years will go by, and you're fine.' It was good advice, and I was smart enough to take it. And to pay it forward to my friends." It's hard to believe, but Willis honestly seems cool even when...
...Cost-Benefit Analysis "Nation building" showed that the U.S. faces some high bills for upgrading infrastructure for mass transit, dams, railways, water, airports and roads [May 28]. Instead of focusing on its own needs, the U.S. thought it wise to increase its deficit in order to destroy the infrastructure of another country. One wonders how the real dangers from failing infrastructure compare with those imagined from Saddam Hussein. Are not the expected benefits from improved effectiveness preferable to the results of the endless wasting of money and lives? Yannis Athanassopoulos, ATHENS...