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AND WHAT IF WE JUST LEFT IRAQ?
The question is forcefully raised and unambiguously answered by a former critic of our involvement, Professor Niall Ferguson of Harvard and Oxford.
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MEANWHILE, BACK IN WARSAW...
...the solidarniks (and their allied brethren of the right) are back in power after four years of a "Reformed Communist" government. This account from The Economist has some useful additional links that help fill out the picture.
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AND SPEAKING OF POLAND, WHAT ABOUT GERMANY?
These two neighboring giants of Mitteleuropa are equally burdened by the high costs of their social welfare programs but one has made a clear choice for change while, to this observer in the Wall Street Journal, the other seems incapable of decisive political choice.
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THE TIMES BEHIND ITS NEW FIREWALL...
...is, to say the least, arousing some strong reactions. Here's a brief and strongly-stated critique from a leading blogger.
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AN EFFECTIVE WAR ROOM IT WASN'T!!
So say those who have viewed the new documentary filmed behind the scenes of the Kerry presidential campaign. And, according to this gossip piece from the New York Daily News, Senator Clinton is visibly schadenfreudlich about the whole thing.
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DO OUR IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS KNOW ABOUT THIS?
Here's how the Greeks are thinking of improving their surveillance of illegal immigration. If this can protect the borders of Hellas, why not Texas, Arizona and New Mexico?
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GLOBAL WARMING, HURRICANES AND PRESIDENT BUSH...
...have been cobbled together in much rash opinionated journalism. The facts are a neccessary corrective to the blame game and the BBC pulls them together in this responsible and educative article. As usual with the Beeb's coverage, the interactive material is quite valuable.
Posted by Ext720 at 04:45 PM | Comments (0)
CONVERTING SUNLIGHT INTO STORABLE ENERGY...
...could be the ultimate answer to the depletion of oil reserves. A considerable leap forward toward such a saving technology has been taken, according to this release, at the Weitzman Institute in Israel.
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THE SEARCH FOR RACIAL JUSTICE...
...as it was led, during his presidency, by Lyndon Johnson yielded far less than was expected or hoped. And, according to James Neuchterlein in this article from First Things, it contributed to the unhinging of programmatic liberalism.
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THE MYSTERY OF CONSCIOUSNESS...
...is almost outranked by the "mystery of self." How--if at all--can their emergence be accounted in neuro-anatomical-chemical terms? Many are trying these days and Paul Brooks, the author of a new book on the subject, sheds some valuable reportorial light in this article from the London Times.
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PUSHKIN'S GREAT GRANDFATHER...
...(on his mother's side) was, as all students of Russian lit know, a black African who rose to prominence in the court of Peter the Great. Here, from a review of a new biographical study of General Ganibal, are some further facts that you may not have encountered.
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IF YOU HAVE PSYCHIC POWERS...
...there's a million dollars waiting for you if you can demonstrate them to that grand old senior debunker, James (The Amazing) Randi. Here, in the current issue of the Skeptical Inquirer, he recounts some of his encounters with those who truly believe that they are extra-sensorially endowed. A clip of one of his appearances on Extension 720 can be heard here.
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CHORAL WORKS BY PALESTRINA, BRAHMS AND NIELSEN...
...are heard here as performed by an excellent Danish choir. The downloading takes a little time but is well worth it.
Posted by Ext720 at 04:40 PM | Comments (0)