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Irrationality: Bane of the Stock Market

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Sometimes when I look at the stock market, I get awed and repulsed at the same time. Awed sometimes by the fact of pure capitalism at work. Tremendous amounts of money literally flowing between financial and corporate entities. Deals, trades, etc. The business of America is business, indeed. Repulsed sometimes by the fact of pure capitalism at work. Tremendous amounts … [Read more...] about Irrationality: Bane of the Stock Market

Biblical Marriage

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Biblical Marriage consists of the following: A man, whether married or single, has sexual intercourse with an unmarried woman. That's it. I don't think the PureFest/True Love Waits sponsors realize this when they ask students to pledge "I will remain pure until I am biblically married." … [Read more...] about Biblical Marriage

China and Turkey

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China has decided to build production plants in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir (Turkey's three largest cities) and Mersin. The good news? Perhaps they'll produce toys without poisonous amounts of led in them. The other good news? It's great for Turkey('s economy). I've often said that if I had a lot of money, I'd invest in Turkey. Labor's cheap, people are hardworking. … [Read more...] about China and Turkey

The Iranian Time Bomb

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Richard Fernandez reviews and comments on Michael Ledeen's new book The Iranian Time Bomb. Richard's conclusion: "In summary Iran may well be 'the greatest strategic challenge to U.S. interests in the Middle East in a generation', in the words of Barack Obama. It might even be, as Michael Ledeen says 'the key to this war' which if turned will cause 'the world [to] change … [Read more...] about The Iranian Time Bomb

Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act

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Bad news for the Bush administration (but good news for those who aren't too happy with the way the administration has chosen to fight terrorism): "A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers." US District … [Read more...] about Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act

Cohen’s Strategy

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Richard Cohen writes: The way the United States leaves places matters. Having armed mujahedeen fighters to undo the Soviet empire in Afghanistan, America lost interest in a backwater. Payback came in the form of Afghan-trained holy warriors bent on the destruction of the West. That was careless. It is important to be less careless in Baghdad. As reports on Iraq reach … [Read more...] about Cohen’s Strategy

Center of Attention

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A round up of recent posts by various bloggers who either attempt to strike a balanced note on heated debates and controversial issues, or improve our ability to find our own sense of balance by exposing us to new information and different points-of-view. -------------------------- Andrew Sullivan is skeptical of a relatively radical health care reform proposal … [Read more...] about Center of Attention

A New Realism: Bill Richardson’s Foreign Policy

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The Harvard International Review recently published an essay by Governor Richardson. In the essay, Richardson describes the foreign policy he favors as "New Realism." New realism is an interesting theory, and it's important for all of us to stop looking at the controversy of the day, and to start talking policies / plans. This is why I have summarized and analysed Richardon's … [Read more...] about A New Realism: Bill Richardson’s Foreign Policy

The Democrats: Profiles in Cowardice

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Can You Spot Reed and Pelosi? The retreat of the Democratic congressional majority from trying to force the White House to delineate an Iraq war exit strategy, as well as agreeing to a timetable for wholesale troop withdrawals, is yet another shameful chapter in the Age of Bush. Using the modest and temporary successes of the surge strategy as a fig leaf, the very … [Read more...] about The Democrats: Profiles in Cowardice

Some Republicans’ Takes On The Republican Debate

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A few more takes on the Republican debate from Republican Internet writers: --Glenn Reynolds: Okay, I'm not liveblogging, but all this piling-on toward Fred Thompson is as likely to build him up as to tear him down. Stephen Green comments: "First question: Is Fred Thompson smarter than you guys? Answer: If he’s having a postshow cocktail in Leno’s greenroom, he is." … [Read more...] about Some Republicans’ Takes On The Republican Debate

PAVAROTTI Looked as the Stars Trembled With Love and Hope

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Have you ever noticed that some brilliant souls seem to come to earth close together in time, eddy near one another in genius, and then also leave the earth within a few short months of one another? ... as though they arrive in pods, like creatures of the sea and together swim away at a signal only they know. The most recent: Antonioni, and Bergman. Now Sills, now … [Read more...] about PAVAROTTI Looked as the Stars Trembled With Love and Hope