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Also refreshing is his candid, and often feisty, attitude. Capuano is not a typical politician; he is often willing to embrace controversy rather than resort to the tired political trick of sidestepping it. He is also wont to be upfront about issues and his stances on them. When his votes may be unpopular, he explains them, trying to engage rather than fool those who would disagree. Finally, he has also displayed a hot streak that often results in him becoming more animated than the average politician. Rather than seeing this as a disadvantage, we recognize that this invigorating style...
...strongest argument for this middle course is that the all-out alternative simply defies realities. The all-out strategy calls for an additional 40,000 or so troops, most of whom wont be deployed in the field in less than a year; they would thus do little to protect against the near-term dangers that General Stanley McChrystal has warned of. Perhaps most fundamental, the middle way avoids the quicksand on which the counterinsurgency strategy is built: the absolute need for nation-building. Counterinsurgency strategy requires clearing and holding territory, which cannot be done without transforming a corruption-riddled, anarchic...
...already apologize, and it is simply silly for him to do so twice, especially to anyone other than whom he wronged. Right now, the country largely sympathizes with the Democratic perspective that Wilson was horrendously out of line, but should Democrats overreach—as they are wont to do—they are in danger of reversing the public’s sympathies...
...life, by sharing his name with the narrator. The reader enters the narrator’s life during the 1940s. Living in what would become Israel, Hoffmann’s mother dies in the first line while British soldiers mill around the fringes of his memory. As is his wont, the speaker transmits his reactions to the moments that are most eventful by way of the images he recalls alongside them. The memories that tie themselves to his mother’s death, his time in a children’s home, and his father’s remarriage...
...most eager fans reverted to a doubting Thomas mentality. By 2007, it seemed basically impossible that “Blasting Through” would ever see a proper release—more likely its demos would be found decades later in a rented attic, as Elephant 6 projects are wont to do. Finally, in late 2008, Hart revealed a primary reason for the seemingly endless delay: he had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a sobering reality for fans of the painter (who’s designed all his own album art) and musician. But while some might expect Hart?...