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...fantasy involves a domino theory. The destruction of Saddam's Iraq will not only remove an enemy of long-standing but will also change the basic power equation in the region. It will send a message to Syria and Iran about the perils of support for Islamic terrorists. It will send a message to the Palestinians too: Democratize and make peace on Israeli terms, or forget about a state of your own. In the wackiest scenario, it will lead to the collapse of the wobbly Hashemite monarchy in Jordan and the establishment of a Palestinian state on that nation...
...fact, the most basic questions--Is Antarctica as a whole warming or cooling? Is its ice cover thinning or growing?--cannot yet be answered definitively. For one thing, the continent is too big and measurement points are too few and far between. Also, scientists lack the long-term records needed to put the present in perspective...
...most likely explanation for the vote in Paris and the continued calls to single out Israeli scientists is old-fashioned anti-Semitism. The calls for boycott attack the most basic principles of open academic exchange cannot be explained by Israel’s poor treatment of Palestinians...
Lawrence also described Mankiw as a conservative, and said he is likely to continue the basic thrust of Bush’s economic program...
Over the last few years, the president has used the same basic political calculation to ram much of his conservative program down the throats of the American people. He starts with a radically conservative proposal—such as absurdly tough guidelines for military tribunals, lax labor protections in the new Department of Homeland Security and, his latest, abolishing dividend taxes. His far-right base sees him taking a principled stand...