It's Voter-Fooling Time in America
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/opinion/20fri2.html
Voters need to pay ever closer attention to what the candidates say in
this world of mixed media and mixed messages.
The Universe on a String
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/opinion/20greenehed.html?pagewanted=all
By BRIAN GREENE
String theory continues to offer profound breadth and enormous
potential to explain matter's fundamental constituents.
Hong Kong Set to Be No. 1 in 2006 Offerings, Surpassing London and New
York
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/business/worldbusiness/20ipo.ready.html?ref=asia
By KEITH BRADSHER
More money will be raised by companies selling shares in Hong Kong than
on the biggest exchanges in New York and London.
Bush Faces a Battery of Ugly Choices on War
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/world/middleeast/20policy.html?ref=middleeast
By DAVID E. SANGER and DAVID S. CLOUD
President Bush can order a rearrangement of U.S. forces inside Iraq, or
he can reassess the strategy itself.
Scientists Take Step Toward Invisibility
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/science/20cloak.html?ref=us
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
The system, a set of concentric copper circles on fiberglass board,
deflects electromagnetic waves of a specific frequency that strike it.
Firm Reports Stem Cell Use for Making of Insulin
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/health/20stem.html?ref=us
By ANDREW POLLACK
The work by the company, Novocell, based in San Diego, is a step toward
using embryonic stem cells to replace the insulin-producing cells that
are destroyed by the body's immune system.
No Test Tubes? Questions Arise On Virtual High School Science
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/education/20online.html?pagewanted=all
By SAM DILLON
A dispute has flared over how far the Internet can go in displacing the
brick-and-mortar laboratory.
Republican Woes Lead to Feuding by Conservatives
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/us/politics/20conserve.html?ref=us
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Conservative leaders are pointing fingers at one other in an
increasingly testy circle of blame for potential Republican losses this
fall.
Blogtalk: Vietnam and Iraq
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=401
By Michael McElroy
The Times reported today that Republicans are trying to avoid Iraq as a
campaign issue, striking mention of the war from speeches and campaign
ads. The blogs, however, have no such hesitancy. The Iraq debate splits
into multiple issues across the blogs - troop withdrawal, body armor,
Federalism, etc.
Not Tempted by 'Tempting Faith'
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=400
By Sarah Wheaton
At a time when demoralizing the Republican base will be a key part of
Democrats' campaign strategy, why haven't they been jumping all
over "Tempting Faith," a book that recounts Bush administration
officials dissing Christian conservatives as "goofy" and
"nuts?"
Democrats Make Big Gains in Fund-Raising, but G.O.P. Has More Cash on
Hand
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/us/politics/20donate.html?ref=politics
By JEFF ZELENY
Democrats raised $34 million in September and began whittling down the
Republicans' financial advantage, according to reports to be filed
Friday.
Confident Democrats Draft Broad Health Care Agenda
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/washington/20health.html?ref=politics
By ROBERT PEAR
The Democrats are promising to lower drug costs for older Americans,
provide more money for children's health insurance and expand
research using embryonic stem cells.
GOP Aims to Scare Up Big Voter Turnout
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR2006101901906_pf.html
With House Losses Likely, Tactics Focus on Warnings About Democrats
By Dan Balz and Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, October 20, 2006; A01
With top Republican strategists now privately predicting substantial
House losses, President Bush and top GOP officials plan to spend the
final days of the 2006 campaign attempting to rally partisans and limit
conservative defections with dire warnings about the consequences of a
Democratic Congress.
Amid predictions that demoralized conservative voters might sit out the
election, Bush and other senior Republicans will escalate charges that
Democrats will raise taxes, weaken national security and liberalize
social policies. Bush struck those themes in campaign appearances
yesterday in Pennsylvania and Virginia, and White House senior adviser
Karl Rove said he "will consistently refresh that message" between now
and Election Day.
The Black Box of Tehran
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR2006101901270.html
By David Ignatius
Friday, October 20, 2006; Page A21
Here's a real-life international mystery: What happened in Tehran in
September that torpedoed the prospect of negotiations with the United
States over Iran's nuclear program? Were Western hopes of Iranian
pragmatism simply an illusion? Are there other channels open for
discussion with Tehran if the nuclear route is blocked?
U.S. and European intelligence analysts are debating these questions,
and for now they don't seem to have good answers. The process of
decision making in Tehran remains a "black box." Analysts can see the
decisions that emerge from the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
and they can hear the competing arguments of pragmatists and
hard-liners. But how consensus is reached remains a puzzle. My fear is
that at its core, the Islamic republic disdains compromise as a sign of
weakness.
Massachusetts, Back in the Game
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR2006101901272.html
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Friday, October 20, 2006; Page A21
BOSTON -- Massachusetts is often down in presidential politics, but
never out.
The state that gave the United States two of its first six presidents
has not had a presidential winner since John F. Kennedy in 1960. The
most recent entries, Michael Dukakis and John Kerry, were dispatched by
different
Material Mom
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR2006101901274.html
By Eugene Robinson
Friday, October 20, 2006; Page A21
It would be easy to ridicule Madonna for her "I'll take that one over
there" adoption of a baby from an orphanage in Malawi. But it would be
wrong.
No, really, it would be wrong.
God's big comeback
David Goodhart
October 20, 2006 12:45 PM
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/david_goodhart/2006/10/secularisms_withdrawing_roar.html
You might not think it from the religion-dominated headlines in Britain
over the past few weeks, but the secular tide is still rising across
most of Europe.
If Eric Kaufmann's thesis in the latest issue of Prospect magazine is
correct, however, that secular tide will turn over the next few decades
and the demographic currents will start to carry Europe, even godless
Britain, in the direction of America - the great exception to western
secularisation.
Torture by degrees
Anas Altikriti
October 20, 2006 12:26 PM
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/anas_altikriti/2006/10/a_degree_of_torture.html
When a BBC online worldwide poll shows that a third of 27,000
respondents believed some degree of torture was acceptable when dealing
with terrorist suspects, we should be seriously concerned.
That so many people from 25 countries can even begin to think that such
methods can be of any tangible use in combating terrorism or any other
crimes the world may be facing, is worrying, and should make us reflect
on where we have arrived at as a human race and what we have become.
It's notable that among the highest rates of those who thought
torturing suspects was acceptable or of benefit, were in the US (36%)
and Israel (43%), with 24% of those polled in the UK agreeing.
Folier than thou
Michael Kinsley
October 20, 2006 11:54 AM
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/michael_kinsley/2006/10/folier_than_thou.html
Here in Washington, we're all competing to see who can be more po-faced
about Mark Foley and the congressional pages. Who can deplore Foley's
behaviour the most?
Democrats, sensing a deeply wounded Republican party, are going in for
the kill. It's the final evidence that the GOP is terminally corrupt: a
congressman was cyber-molesting teenage boys and his party leaders
evidently didn't even care. Republicans answer: "Hey, we invented child
molesting! As an issue, that is. We own family values and we're not
about to let the party of Monica Lewinski and Heather Has Two Mommies
outflank us on the sexual morality front." And then there are gay
voices, eager to remind people that being gay and molesting children
are two different things, which of course they are. But just to make
the point clear, gays want everyone to know that they defer to no one
in their distaste for Foley's behaviour.
Lowering the temperature
Ian Bremmer
October 20, 2006 10:44 AM
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ian_bremmer/2006/10/ian_bremmer.html
Like North Korea, the Iranian government will not shy away from a
showdown over its nuclear programme. Why should it? A nuclear weapon is
the ultimate guarantee that the United States can never do to Iran what
it did to Iraq. Moreover, this struggle with the US rallies much-needed
domestic support.
What, then, can the US do to undermine Iran's position? As the world's
fourth largest oil exporter, Iran has profited mightily from the
tripling of global oil prices over the last four years. Its economic
stability is dependent on oil revenues, so it is here that Iran's
rulers are vulnerable.
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