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OT: What Is This Man Thinking? |
What Is This Man Thinking?
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By William S. Cohen
Sunday, August 12, 2007; B01
When Robert M. Gates, one of our nation's most dedicated and competent
public servants, agreed to serve as Donald Rumsfeld's successor as
secretary of defense last November, he seemed to do so more out of a
sense of duty than out of desire. And why not? His tenure would be
short and his mission nearly impossible. As one who once had the honor
of leading the Defense Department, I've tried to imagine the thoughts
that might have passed through his mind during the past nine months.
The following interior monologue is purely fictional and should not be
attributed in whole or in part to Gates's views.
What ever possessed me to take this job? I liked being king of the
Aggies at Texas A&M. Good students and faculty; first-rate campus
and alumni support. I only had to answer to the trustees, and that was
generally in private -- in the shadows, where I've always preferred to
operate. Sure, I'm an old CIA man, and I've never failed to answer the
call to duty. But doesn't duty have its limits?
Fight Less, Win More
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By Nathaniel Fick
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page B01
On a highway north of Kabul last month, an American soldier aimed a
machine gun at my car from the turret of his armored Humvee. In the
split second for which our eyes locked, I had a revelation: To a man
with a weapon, everything looks like a threat.
I had served as an infantry officer in Afghanistan in 2001-02 and in
Iraq in 2003, but this was my first time on the other end of an
American machine gun. It's not something I'll forget. It's not the
sort of thing ordinary Afghans forget, either, and it reminded me that
heavy-handed military tactics can alienate the people we're trying to
help while playing into the hands of the people we're trying to
defeat.
The Art of the Campaign
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The Race to Frame 2008 Is On, and the Winner Could Take It All
By Anne E. Kornblut
Sunday, August 12, 2007; B01
President Bush came to office after the so-called "Seinfeld" election
-- the mindless campaign of 2000, a race filled with chatter but
fundamentally about nothing, like the hit television show.
Now that Bush's second term is winding down, a very different election
is underway. Call it the anti-Seinfeld race: a campaign about
everything, from the war in Iraq to oil policy to the environment to
the "war on terrorism" to health care and beyond.
Lend Me Your Earmarks
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By Cullen Murphy
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page B02
When the Democrats assumed control of Congress this year, one of their
first promises was to shine some sunlight on the shadowy process of
approving "earmarks" -- the discrete appropriations for pet projects
that legislators piggyback by the thousands onto pending legislation.
Earmarks can, of course, be designated for legitimate projects. But
mainly they're a sop to special interests, and they figure prominently
in the annals of pocket-lining and influence-peddling. Two weeks ago,
in an investigation stemming from a series of budgetary earmarks, FBI
agents raided the Alaska home of Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, an
acknowledged master of the earmarking arts.
As Congress goes off on its summer recess, eight months after the
Democratic takeover, the promise of greater openness has been partly
kept: We at least have more information about pending earmarks than we
used to. But one unanticipated consequence of reform, as observers
have noted, may have been to make earmarks all the more alluring. Now
that every member of Congress -- and his or her constituents -- can
see what every other member of Congress is asking for, the competition
to be seen as "effective" has become only more intense. It's as if
you'd set out to suppress the impulse to "keep up with the Joneses" by
publishing an inventory of the Joneses' possessions.
A War Over War Stories
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By Phillip Carter
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page B02
Every soldier has a story. Some are even true. As soldiers, we learn
to hide our worst stories from people outside the brotherhood of the
close fight. And so the picture of war that gets transmitted back to
America is incomplete, lacking in the awful, gory, human details that
flesh out the narrative of combat. These stories are reserved for unit
reunions and American Legion halls.
Army Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp broke that code when he
pseudonymously wrote a series of dispatches for the New Republic about
his experiences as an infantryman in Iraq. He offered often gruesome
details about the realities of war, details that have ignited a
firestorm between left- and right-wing magazines willing to stake
their reputations upon their truth or falsity.
5 Myths About Jittery Markets
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By Adam Lashinsky
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page B03
Confused by the latest news from the financial markets? It's no wonder
-- the markets seem plenty confused themselves. The major stock
indexes swung wildly last week. Air continued to seep from the housing
bubble. Financial giants such as Bear Stearns and Countrywide Mortgage
warned of bleaker times than they've seen in years . What does it all
mean? It's enough to make investors want to put their hard-earned cash
under the mattress.
Before you do that, it might be helpful to burst a few bubbles of our
own and separate the many myths about the markets from some truths
about what really goes on in them.
A Recipe for Mayhem
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By Askia Muhammad
Sunday, August 12, 2007; B03
The news was shocking: On Aug. 2, journalist Chauncey Bailey, the 57-
year-old editor of the Oakland Post, a black weekly in Oakland,
Calif., was ambushed and shot to death as he investigated the bizarre
world of a notorious local Black Muslim bakery.
But for all my shock at the crime that killed a fellow journalist, I
wasn't surprised to hear last week that a 19-year-old, bowtie-wearing
handyman at the bakery had admitted to the shooting.
Meet the New Face of Terror
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By Peter Bergen and Paul Cruickshank
Sunday, August 12, 2007; B04
The last thing that seven Iraqi policemen at a checkpoint in Ramadi in
late July saw was a woman approaching them. Seconds later, she
detonated her explosives vest, killing herself and everybody else at
the site. Just two weeks earlier in Pakistan, some would-be female
suicide bombers were less successful in martyring themselves. When
government forces stormed Islamabad's Red Mosque, several women were
among the die-hards hoping to make a stand. "We wanted to carry out
suicide attacks . . . but we didn't have sufficient explosives," one
woman later regretfully told the BBC.
Surprised? Don't be. Female participation in jihadist groups and
operations has grown alarmingly in recent years. And unless we come to
terms with the phenomenon, female Islamist militants might be an
important part of our future.
An American Hajj
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By Charles A. Krohn
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page B07
Muslims are obliged to make at least one trip to the holy city of
Mecca during their lifetime. This pilgrimage is known as the hajj. It
is mandatory for men, voluntary but encouraged for women. A basic
dress code ensures that there's no visible difference between rich and
poor, weak and powerful. This simple requirement unites the faithful.
I started thinking about the hajj in the spring, when my wife and I
visited nine American military cemeteries in Europe. With the
exception of the Normandy American Cemetery, which attracts thousands,
others are virtually devoid of visitors, especially American visitors.
I wondered:
Obama Judges a Judge
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By George F. Will
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page B07
Sen. Barack Obama recently told some Iowa farmers that prices of their
crops are not high enough, considering what grocers are charging for
other stuff: "Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they
charge for arugula?" Living near the University of Chicago, Obama has
perhaps experienced this outrage, but Iowans, who have no Whole Foods
stores, might remember 1987, when Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis
urged Iowa farmers to diversify by raising endive. Said a farmer to a
Boston reporter, "Your governor scared me just a hair."
Obama is not scary, just disappointing. Regarding a matter more
serious than vegetables -- a judicial confirmation -- he looks like
just another liberal on a leash. His candidacy kindled hope that he
might bring down the curtain on the long-running and intensely boring
melodrama "Forever Selma," starring Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. It
was hoped Obama would be impatient with the ritualized choreography of
synthetic indignation that degrades racial discourse. He is, however,
unoriginal and unjust regarding the nomination of Leslie Southwick to
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, whose jurisdiction is
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
Waiting for Petraeus
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By Jim Hoagland
Sunday, August 12, 2007; B07
Estragon: Let's go.
Vladimir: We can't.
Estragon: Why not?
Vladimir: We're waiting for Godot.
Samuel Beckett sets " Waiting for Godot" on a country road where two
tramps desperately await someone or something that never comes. I now
wonder if Beckett was somehow foretelling this summer of inferno along
the banks of the Potomac, where politicians wait in mixed dread and
hope for an Army general to come and tell them whether the nation
should continue the war in Iraq.
The Free-Trade Divide
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By David S. Broder
Sunday, August 12, 2007; B07
President Bush sent the Democrats an important signal last week when
he reminded reporters that Congress will have to decide this fall
whether to sign off on trade deals with two more Latin American
countries, Peru and Panama.
In May, the administration accepted the demands of Democratic
congressional leaders to enforce labor and environmental standards as
integral parts of those free-trade agreements -- ending a long
stalemate on those questions.
Musharraf's State of Emergency
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By Ahmed Rashid
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page B07
LAHORE, Pakistan -- President Pervez Musharraf was on the verge of
imposing a state of emergency in Pakistan last week before being
stopped by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and civilian
advisers. It is clear to all in this extremely tense country that
power is rapidly flowing away from Musharraf, even as he desperately
tries to find a way out of an impossible political impasse.
Declaring a state of emergency would have suspended fundamental
rights, placed restrictions on the Supreme Court and delayed this
year's elections. It is unlikely that an already angry and mobilized
public would have accepted new restrictions, even those imposed by the
army, which Musharraf heads. Massive street protests and further
mayhem might have ensued.
Quote, Unquote
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By Deborah Howell
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page B06
When you read a quote in The Post, is what's between the quotation
marks exactly what the person said? Post policy says it should be, but
it ain't necessarily so.
Several readers of an early edition of the July 28 Sports section
noticed different versions of the same quote from Redskins running
back Clinton Portis in a story by Howard Bryant and a column by Mike
Wise. In Bryant's story, Portis said: "I don't know how anybody feels.
I don't know how anybody's thinking. I don't know what anyone else is
going through. The only thing I know is what's going on in Clinton
Portis's life." Wise quoted him as saying: "I don't know how nobody
feel, I don't know what nobody think, I don't know what nobody doing,
the only thing I know is what's going on in Clinton Portis's life."
The Refugee Crisis
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Helping Iraqis who helped us
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page B06
AS MANY AS 110,000 Iraqis may be targeted as collaborators for helping
U=2ES., coalition or foreign reconstruction efforts. These Iraqis and
their families are frequently at risk of kidnapping, murder and
persecution. At least 257 translators have already been killed,
according to Human Rights First.
Enforcement Only
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All that's left of immigration reform
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page B06
SITUATIONS SOMETIMES need to get worse before they get better. That's
the best that can be said about the Bush administration's crackdown on
illegal immigration, announced Friday.
To its credit, the administration has long pushed for comprehensive
immigration reform that would tighten border security, discourage
businesses from hiring illegal workers, create a pathway to
citizenship for many of the nation's 12 million illegal aliens and
open the way to more legal immigration. Congress scuttled such reform
this summer, amid outcries from conservatives that it amounted to
amnesty for those here illegally and from liberals that it was too
timid. In response, President Bush has decided to launch an
enforcement-heavy initiative that will probably be as ineffectual as
it is painful.
A Series of Fortunate Events
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Barack Obama needed more than talent and ambition to rocket from
obscure state senator to presidential contender in three years. He
needed serious luck.
By Liza Mundy
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page W10
In the summer of 2002, a little-known Illinois state legislator named
Barack Obama thought he saw the political opening he'd been looking
for. It was a long shot, a flier -- a race for the U.S. Senate against
a sitting Republican. Obama believed he could beat the incumbent,
Peter Fitzgerald. The immediate and, in some ways, harder challenge
would be getting the Democratic nomination.
Obama was about to turn 41. An attorney and law lecturer at the
University of Chicago, he had been elected to the state Senate in
1996, but had been chafing for some time at the limitations of
legislating in Springfield. In 2000, he'd overreached by challenging
former Black Panther Bobby Rush for the seat Rush held in the U.S.
House of Representatives. It had been a disastrous bid, but
understandable given that in Illinois, as around the country, paths to
higher office for black politicians are few.
Island Hoping:
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In American Samoa, High School Football Is Seen as the Ultimate Escape
By Eli Saslow
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa
Ne'emia Vitale usually needs only a few minutes to walk home from
football practice, following a one-lane street bordered by tin-roof
huts and long trails of rotting litter. But today, he stalls.
He kicks up loose gravel with his size 13 flip-flops and shoos the
wild dogs and chickens that rove near his feet. After sprinting and
tackling for three hours on a field dotted by lava rocks, Ne'emia's
Oakland Athletics T-shirt is sodden with sweat and streaks of blood.
He chugs tap water out of a used plastic Gatorade bottle, which he
picked out of a trash heap a few minutes earlier and rinsed because he
had no other container from which to drink.
Romney Wins Iowa's GOP Poll
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Victory Highlights Strategy Difference With Giuliani
By Dan Balz and Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, August 12, 2007; A01
AMES, Iowa, Aug. 11 -- With a convincing victory in the Republican
straw poll here Saturday, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney
vaulted himself into the next phase of a presidential nomination
battle pitting his traditional early-state strategy against a more
unorthodox approach by national front-runner Rudolph W. Giuliani.
Romney's win in the nonbinding Ames contest, sealed by his appeals to
the party's conservative base and generous spending all around the
state, underscored his attempt to concentrate time and resources on
the opening states of Iowa and New Hampshire, believing that early
victories will propel him to the nomination.
Tight Credit Could Stall Buyout Boom
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Crunch Complicates Some Pending Deals
By David Cho and Thomas Heath
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, August 12, 2007; A01
The severe turmoil in the credit markets last week has raised serious
questions about the future of the buyout craze that gave rise to the
biggest deals in U.S. corporate history.
For the past few years, a group of elite Wall Street players have been
buying up major American icons and taking them private. These massive
acquisitions have depended on access to cheap credit, which is
supplied by a complex relationship between investment banks and hedge
funds.
How the Fight for Vast New Spying Powers Was Won
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By Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, August 12, 2007; A01
For three days, Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence,
had haggled with congressional leaders over amendments to a federal
surveillance law, but now he was putting his foot down. "This is the
issue," said the plain-spoken retired vice admiral and Vietnam
veteran, "that makes my blood pressure rise."
McConnell viscerally objected to a Democratic proposal to limit
warrantless surveillance of foreigners' communications with Americans
to instances in which one party was a terrorism suspect. McConnell
wanted no such limits. "All foreign intelligence" targets in touch
with Americans on any topic of interest should be fair game for U.S.
spying, he said, according to two participants in the Aug. 2
conversation.
Armed With Checkbooks and Excuses, First Casualties of Va. Fees Go to
Court
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By Jonathan Mummolo
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 12, 2007; A01
The labor pains were coming, so Jessica Hodges got going. The 26-year-
old bank teller from Burke sped toward Inova Fairfax Hospital, but
before she got there, the law got her -- 57 mph in a 35 zone. Reckless
driving.
Hodges's labor pains subsided -- they turned out to be a false alarm
-- but the agony from her ticket is mounting. She was found guilty of
the July 3 offense and given a $1,050 civil fee on top of a judge-
imposed $100 fine and court costs, making her one of the first to be
hit with Virginia's new "abusive driver fees," which have been greeted
by widespread public outrage.
U=2ES. Pays Millions In Cost Overruns For Security in Iraq
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By Steve Fainaru
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, August 12, 2007; A01
BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military has paid $548 million over the past three
years to two British security firms that protect the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers on reconstruction projects, more than $200 million over
the original budget, according to previously undisclosed data that
show how the cost of private security in Iraq has mushroomed.
The two companies, Aegis Defence Services and Erinys Iraq, signed
their original Defense Department contracts in May 2004. By July of
this year, the contracts supported a private force that had grown to
about 2,000 employees serving the Corps of Engineers. The force is
about the size of three military battalions.
Bold Moves on the Bayou
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By Chris Cillizza
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page A02
How bad has it gotten for President Bush? Look to Louisiana for the
answer.
State Sen. Walter Boasso (D) has begun running an ad that paints Rep.
Bobby Jindal (R) as a carbon copy of Bush as he vies with the
congressman for the state's open governor's seat.
Engineers to Test Flood Defenses In New Orleans
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Questions Surround Failure During Katrina
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 12, 2007; A03
NEW ORLEANS -- A $3 million experiment by the Army Corps of Engineers
this week will simulate the conditions that caused critical levee
failures during Hurricane Katrina, leading to disastrous flooding.
In the test, engineers will gradually pump water into a section of the
London Avenue Canal, one of two canals whose flood walls toppled in
the storm two years ago, allowing in most of the inundation in the
main part of the city.
French Leader's Visit With Bush Signals Warming
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By Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 12, 2007; A04
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine, Aug. 11 -- During Nicolas Sarkozy's visit
Saturday, there was no fishing trip like the one Russian President
Vladimir Putin enjoyed last month. Not even a game of horseshoes, a
Bush family tradition on Walker's Point.
But for the newly inaugurated French president, being welcomed at the
Bush compound for a private lunch -- a rare off-the-cuff encounter
involving none of the usual diplomatic formalities -- marked a new era
in U.S.-French relations. Far from being served "freedom fries,"
Sarkozy, a conservative who made the startling decision to take his
August holiday in the United States, was greeted with a warmth usually
reserved for the British, whose "special relationship" with the United
States once set it apart from other European countries.
Barbecue, Music and Voting Machine Mishaps
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By Michael D. Shear and Chris Cillizza
Washington Post Staff Writer and washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Sunday, August 12, 2007; A05
AMES, Iowa, Aug. 11 -- Republican presidential candidates transformed
the campus of Iowa State University into a conservative carnival
Saturday, competing for votes by offering free soda and barbecue and a
promise of shade for the thousands who braved the 100-degree heat to
attend this year's straw poll.
The activists came by the busload, more than 30,000 in all, for the
first voting of the 2008 presidential campaign. But the counting was
marred by a voting machine malfunction involving about 1,100 votes, or
about 8 percent of the total cast.
Back Home, More Frustration
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By Elizabeth Williamson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 12, 2007; A06
BRUNSWICK, Maine The woman stood waiting amid the lunch counter
clatter at the Grand City Variety Store to confront Olympia J. Snowe.
"We need to get out," Stephanie Slocum told Snowe, one of Congress's
most conflicted members over the war in Iraq. It was the Maine
Republican's first week of her summer break, and Slocum was among the
first of many constituents who would tell her the time to act is now.
Blast Injures U.S.-Allied Sunni Cleric
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Hours After Baghdad Attack, Two Officials Killed in South
By Megan Greenwell
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page A14
BAGHDAD, Aug. 11 -- A Sunni cleric who had joined with U.S. forces to
fight the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq was seriously wounded
Saturday in a bomb blast at his Baghdad home, a dramatic act of
retribution for his role in aiding the American military. Three of his
relatives were killed in the attack.
A few hours later, two regional government leaders were killed in
Qadisiyah, a predominantly Shiite province south of Baghdad.
2 Somali Radio Journalists Slain
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Station Had Antagonized Both Government and Insurgency
By Stephanie McCrummen
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page A14
NAIROBI, Aug. 11 -- Two prominent Somali radio journalists were killed
in Mogadishu on Saturday, the first by gunmen in the morning and the
second, the radio station's co-owner, in an explosion hours later as
he returned from the reporter's funeral.
The killings targeted Horn Afrik radio, which has been criticized by
the Ethiopian-backed Somali government as well as hard-line members of
an insurgency that has been battling government and Ethiopian forces
for months.
Kazakh Newspaper Supplanted
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Weekly Caught Up in Presidential Family Fight Takes New Form
By Anton Troianovski
Special to The Washington Post
Sunday, August 12, 2007; A16
MOSCOW -- A popular Kazakhstan newspaper owned by the former son-in-
law of President Nursultan Nazarbayev was forced to close last week,
its editors said, and was replaced with a new, similarly styled weekly
run by a man close to the president. The switch is the latest chapter
in a murky family feud that has brought Kazakhstan's commitment to
democracy under increasing foreign criticism.
Several editors of Caravan, a weekly tabloid with a circulation of
about 150,000, said in interviews that they were informed Monday that
their printer would no longer produce the newspaper and that their
landlords were evicting them from their offices.
China Enacting a High-Tech Plan to Track People
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By KEITH BRADSHER
Security experts describe China's plans as the world's largest effort
to meld the latest computer technology with police work.
Far From the Reservation, but Still Sacred?
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By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
In the deserts of the West, developers are increasingly running up
against newly powerful but tradition-minded American Indian leaders.
When Arbitrators Are Their Own Judges
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By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
For investor advocates, the potential for conflicts of interest among
the members of arbitration panels ranks high on the list of problems.
It Takes Deep Pockets to Fight Global Warming
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By MICHAEL FITZGERALD
Plenty of big ideas are out there to address climate change, but they
are too costly for individual inventors or even companies to pursue.
Who Owns the Concept if No One Signs the Papers?
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By JASON PONTIN
The founder and chief executive of Facebook, the fast-growing social
networking Web site, is being sued by the founders of ConnectU,
another social network.
The Dismal Science, Dismally Taught
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By ROBERT H. FRANK
Why aren't introductory economics courses more effective? One
possibility is that instructors may not have mastered some of the
basic concepts themselves.
Rocking the Boat, but Why?
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By CONRAD DE AENLLE
The best way to deal with this week's economic reports may be to
ignore them.
Signs of Weakness in a Sector Known for Its Strength
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By NORM ALSTER
Several Wall Street analysts say they are not entirely confident about
the quality of the balance sheets of the big, publicly traded
investment banks.
Technology Reveals New Worlds to Map
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By BARBARA WHITAKER
Geographic information systems use computers and software to link maps
and databases for a variety of applications.
Chicken Little's Brethren, on the Trading Floor
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/business/yourmoney/12every.html?ref=3Dyou=
rmoney
By BEN STEIN
The stock market's losses in recent weeks are wildly out of all
proportion to the likely damage from the subprime problems.
Sorting Through the Buyout Freezeout
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/business/yourmoney/12deal.html?ref=3Dyour=
money
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN
Now that the buyout boom has officially gone bust and the credit
markets are in meltdown, it's time to assess what went wrong.
What, Me Worry? When It Comes to Retiring, Yes
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/business/yourmoney/12count.html?ref=3Dyou=
rmoney
By PHYLLIS KORKKI
As more companies move away from pensions, workers have been accused
of failing to plan for retirement. But last year, the incessant
warnings appear to have registered.
The Man Who Set Film Free
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/movies/12scor.html?ref=3Darts
By MARTIN SCORSESE
In "L'Avventura" and other works, Michelangelo Antonioni showed the
possibilities not only of cinema, but of life.
Two Outlaws, Blasting Holes in the Screen
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/movies/12scot.html?pagewanted=3Dall
By A. O. SCOTT
The notoriety of the movie "Bonnie and Clyde" has long since eclipsed
that of its real-life models.
The Man Who Asked Hard Questions
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/movies/12alle.html?ref=3Dmovies
By WOODY ALLEN
Behind Ingmar Bergman's unblinking inquiries of God and death and love
was a filmmaker's filmmaker.
Same Old Aliens, but New Neuroses
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/movies/12lim.html?ref=3Dmovies
By DENNIS LIM
Few narratives in American popular culture have proved as durably
resonant - or as endlessly adaptable - as "Invasion of the Body
Snatchers."
Smoldering Auteur With a Short Fuse
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/movies/12ande.html?ref=3Dmovies
By JOHN ANDERSON
Can a director be too independent for independent film? The career of
the writer and director Tom DiCillo would suggest it's true.
Thou Shalt Carry Fliers
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/fashion/12nite.html?ref=3Dmovies
By ALEX WILLIAMS
The comedian and filmmaker spent a recent Friday night with nine
acquaintances he had deemed cool enough to call his friends to
celebrate the opening of his movie, "The Ten."
Charm the Children, Tickle the Parents
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/arts/television/12itzk.html?ref=3Dtelevis=
ion&pagewanted=3Dall
By DAVE ITZKOFF
With "Yo Gabba Gabba!" a couple of young fathers try to redefine the
kids' show.
The Future: Bright. The Fashion: Blinding.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/arts/television/12vinc.html?ref=3Dtelevis=
ion
By THOMAS VINCIGUERRA
"Space: 1999," now on DVD, was less science fiction than a trippy
journey through the Me Decade of the '70s, with a focus on mind
control, demonic possession and the quest for nirvana.
How a 'Good War' in Afghanistan Went Bad
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/world/asia/12afghan.html?ref=3Dasia&pagew=
anted=3Dall
By DAVID ROHDE and DAVID E. SANGER
At key moments in the fight for Afghanistan, the Bush administration
diverted scarce resources to Iraq.
India's Whiskey-Drinking Elite Make Room for Wine
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/world/asia/12india.html
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Published: August 12, 2007
GUNDAMAKERE, India - They used to grow millet in the lap of these
gentle hills, and mulberry trees to eke out silkworms. Today, the land
is home to Kapil Grover's shiraz vines.
In City of Ancient Bridges, Dissent Over a New One
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/world/europe/12venice.html
By IAN FISHER
Published: August 12, 2007
VENICE, Aug. 11 - For centuries, there was only one bridge across the
Grand Canal, perhaps the world's most magical stretch of water. The
third and last one went up 73 years ago. Those facts alone would have
been enough to draw a crowd as the center span of a new bridge, a
sleek red steel spine nearly 190 feet long, was carefully fitted into
place on Saturday.
A Quiet Weekend in Maine With Family and Presidents
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/us/12bush.html
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: August 12, 2007
KENNEBUNKPORT, Me., Aug. 11 - The tricolor flag of France flapped in
the wind on Saturday afternoon over the craggy seaside promontory
known here as Walker's Point. President Bush greeted his French
counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, with a hearty clap on the shoulder. Mr.
Sarkozy, looking relaxed in a blazer and jeans, kissed Barbara Bush's
hand.
20 Hurt as Fatah Members Protest Arrests at Wedding
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/world/middleeast/12mideast.html?ref=3Dmid=
dleeast
By STEVEN ERLANGER
Amid continuing tension between Palestinian factions, at least 20
people were wounded Saturday in northern Gaza as Hamas forces broke up
a demonstration by Fatah supporters.
Tommy Thompson Bows Out of Race
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/tommy-thompson-bows-out-of-ra=
ce/
The former Wisconsin governor had been saying for weeks that without a
strong showing in the Iowa straw poll he would drop out of the race.
Straw Poll Results Expected Shortly
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/straw-poll-results-expected-s=
hortly/
Sign-waving supporters of Republican presidential candidates crowded
the floor of Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa, awaiting the results of
the Straw Poll.
Voting Machine Malfunction Causes Delay
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/voting-machine-malfunction-ca=
uses-delay/
The results of the Iowa Republican Straw Poll have been delayed for
more than an hour tonight as officials recount about 1,500 ballots
from one voting machine.
Romney Wins Straw Poll
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/romney-wins-straw-poll/
Mitt Romney easily claimed the first prize of the presidential
campaign.
Huckabee Celebrates Second-Place Finish
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/romney-is-pleased-as-punch/
Mike Huckabee's second-place showing was perhaps the biggest surprise
of the evening.
Romney Wins Iowa Straw Poll by a Sizable Margin
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/us/politics/12straw.html?ref=3Dpolitics&p=
agewanted=3Dall
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEFF ZELENY
Mitt Romney won with 32 percent of the vote in the Republican straw
poll, but the political significance of the event was questionable.
Democrats Say Leaving Iraq May Take Years
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/us/politics/12dems.html?ref=3Dpolitics&pa=
gewanted=3Dall
By JEFF ZELENY and MARC SANTORA
Democratic presidential candidates are setting out positions that
could leave the U.S. engaged for years.
Giuliani, Substance Firm, Struggles to Secure Style
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/us/politics/12giuliani.html?ref=3Dpolitics
By MARC SANTORA
Rudolph W. Giuliani is at times struggling to balance his New York
persona with a heartland campaign.
Resolved: Public Corporations Shall Take Us Seriously
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12exxon-t.html?ref=3Dscience&pag=
ewanted=3Dall
By DASHKA SLATER
Will Sister Patricia Daly and other shareholder activists get
ExxonMobil to do something about global warming?
Seeking Relief Where the Air Is Deemed the Dirtiest
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/us/12smog.html?ref=3Dscience
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arvin, Calif., has the nation's worst air pollution, according to the
federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Now, Even Those Temporary Wheels Can Be Greener
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/business/yourmoney/12rental.html?ref=3Dsc=
ience
By BARRY REHFELD
As more consumers express concerns about greenhouse gas emissions,
rental car companies are adding Priuses and other hybrids to their
fleets.
Ohio Pushes Added Leave for Maternity
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/us/12ohio.html?ref=3Dhealth
By BOB DRIEHAUS
A proposal would make Ohio the 19th state to require employers to
offer maternity leaves longer than those mandated by Washington.
Select Hospitals Reap a Windfall Under Child Bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/washington/12health.html?ref=3Dhealth&pag=
ewanted=3Dall
By ROBERT PEAR
The House bill makes the hospitals difficult to identify, despite
promises by Congress to end the secrecy of earmarks.
Nantucket's Medical Mr. Fix-It for Whatever Happens to Ail You
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/us/12nantucket.html?ref=3Dhealth
By PAM BELLUCK
Dr. Timothy Lepore's patients include the summer rich with questions
about Botox and construction workers with sawed-off fingers or ears.
A Man Called Blessed (A song For Obama)
http://sexyrs.blogspot.com/2007/08/man-called-blessed-song-for-obama.html
Original music set to fireworks, A song written for Barack Obama
***** Cheney knew invading Iraq would cause a Quagmire
http://jeff-fukuoka.blogspot.com/2007/08/*****-cheney-knew-invading-iraq-wou=
ld.html
Liberals like Barack Obama opposed the Iraq war saying that deposing
Hussein would be the easy part, but that figuring out what to do
afterward would be a nightmare and result in a Quagmire, costing the
US endless resources and lives.
Who knew that ***** Cheney, of all people, completely agreed? Here's a
clip of Cheney explaining why invading Iraq would be a disaster...in
1994.
They fear Obama's too hot!
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/08/12/2007-08-12_they_fear_o=
bamas_too_hot.html
BY CELESTE KATZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, August 12th 2007, 4:00 AM
Sen. Barack Obama strikes presidential pose and has a big grin for
GQ's September edition (below).
Sen. Barack Obama's combination of charm, good looks and pure star
power may be growing so potent that it's overwhelming ... Obama
himself.
A story in the upcoming GQ magazine suggests that even as the Illinois
Democrat rallies crowds of thousands and rakes in cash for his primary
battles against Sen. Hillary Clinton, his campaign worries that he's
getting too ubiquitous for his own good.
Beijing '08: Let the Politics Begin
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/weekinreview/12yardley.html?ref=3Dweekinr=
eview
By JIM YARDLEY
Look for protests and China-bashing to be medal sports next summer.
Things Fall Apart, but Some Big Old Things Don't
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/weekinreview/12wald.html?ref=3Dweekinrevi=
ew
By MATTHEW L. WALD
Why it isn't easy to replace bridges, power plants and planes.
No, It Wouldn't Happen. Couldn't. No Way.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/weekinreview/12healy-1.html?ref=3Dweekinr=
eview
By PATRICK HEALY
A Clinton-Giuliani race would be entertaining. Just remember to duck.
In the Current Foreclosure Crisis, Echoes of the Past
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/weekinreview/12bajaj.html?ref=3Dweekinrev=
iew
By VIKAS BAJAJ
Easy mortgages and neighborhood blight, from 1970 to 2007.
Democrats' Third Rail: Free Trade
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/weekinreview/12cooper.html?ref=3Dweekinre=
view
By HELENE COOPER
The party's candidates attack Nafta, but most of them only go so far.
Yes, a Lot of People Died, but ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/weekinreview/12kramer.html?ref=3Dweekinre=
view
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Stalin has undergone a number of transformations of his historical
image in Russia.
Bears of August
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/weekinreview/12morgenson.html?ref=3Dweeki=
nreview
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Summer is here, which means the markets are taking a dive.
The Myth, the Math, the Sex
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/weekinreview/12kolata.html?ref=3Dweekinre=
view
By GINA KOLATA
Why it's not possible for men to play around more than women.
Can This Marriage Be Saved?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12cples.html?ref=3Dmagazine&page=
wanted=3Dall
By LAURIE ABRAHAM
In a yearlong group exchange, a therapist and several troubled couples
examine whether a crumbling union can be put back together again.
Resolved: Public Corporations Shall Take Us Seriously
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12exxon-t.html?ref=3Dmagazine&pa=
gewanted=3Dall
By DASHKA SLATER
Will Sister Patricia Daly and other shareholder activists get
ExxonMobil to do something about global warming?
The Road to Clarity
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12fonts-t.html?ref=3Dmagazine&pa=
gewanted=3Dall
By JOSHUA YAFFA
How a graphic designer and a typographer and their obsession with
fonts and legibility led to a painstaking effort to clean up America's
road signs, one letter at a time.
Not Being There
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12wwln-lede-t.html?ref=3Dmagazine
By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL
Internet anonymity can foster fantasy - or mask a manipulative, sock-
puppeting C.E.O.
Superdude
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12wwln-Q4-t.html?ref=3Dmagazine
By DEBORAH SOLOMON
The actor talks about what's so bad about the way teenagers talk, how
he couldn't wait to get out of high school and why he inhales.
Suffering Differently
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12wwln-idealab-t.html?ref=3Dmaga=
zine
By ETHAN WATTERS
We assume that trauma victims everywhere are likely to experience
PTSD. But what if we're wrong?
'Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America'
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/books/review/Philbrick-t.html?ref=3Drevie=
w&pagewanted=3Dall
By FELIPE FERN=C1NDEZ-ARMESTO
Reviewed by NATHANIEL PHILBRICK
Who was Amerigo Vespucci and why was the Western Hemisphere named for
him?
'The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language'
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/books/review/Eakin-t.html?ref=3Dreview&pa=
gewanted=3Dall
By CHRISTINE KENNEALLY
Reviewed by EMILY EAKIN
Is there a scientific explanation for the human ability to use
language?
'Sin in the Second City'
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/books/review/Calhoun-t.html?ref=3Dreview
By KAREN ABBOTT
Reviewed by ADA CALHOUN
How two sisters in Chicago created the early 20th century's most
glamorous brothel.
'The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit'
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/books/review/Newhouse-t.html?ref=3Dreview
By LUCETTE LAGNADO
Reviewed by ALANA NEWHOUSE
Lucette Lagnado chronicles her Jewish family's flight after the rise
of Nasser.
'Seizing Destiny: How America Grew From Sea to Shining Sea'
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/books/review/Brookhiser-t.html?ref=3Drevi=
ew
By RICHARD KLUGER
Reviewed by RICHARD BROOKHISER
Richard Kluger's history of how America got from 13 colonies to 50
states.
A Fish Tale
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/books/review/Greenberg-t.html?ref=3Drevie=
w&pagewanted=3Dall
By PAUL GREENBERG
How much of the decline in tuna and marlin fisheries is Hemingway's
fault? Possibly quite a lot.
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"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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What Is This Man Thinking?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/09/AR2007080900665_pf.html
By William S. Cohen
Sunday, August 12, 2007; B01
When Robert M. Gates, one of our nation's most dedicated and competent
public servants, agreed to serve as Donald Rumsfeld's successor as
secretary of defense last November, he seemed to do so more out of a
sense of duty than out of desire. And why not? His tenure would be
short and his mission nearly impossible.
"mission nearly impossible" somehow it doesn't have the cachet.
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