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...Roberto Drudi insists "we have no problem with Germans." He hopes the spat will soon fade, but others fear it won't. "Stefani paraded out the Northern League's old boorish way of talking," says Camillo Brezzi, professor of contemporary history at Siena University. "But it derives from a basic anti-European attitude of this government. They do not see real possibilities for collaborating with their most important partners." French President Jacques Chirac got whomped in February when he said Central European politicians who spoke out in support of the U.S. invasion of Iraq had "missed a good opportunity...
...about a shallowness of soul and a spiritual complacency that seem to permeate a culture of materialism. They say that he teaches us how to live a practical and congenial life but not an exalted existence based on great spiritual passions. Others see the same reflection and admire the basic middle-class values and democratic sentiments that now seem under assault from elitists, radicals, religious fanatics and other bashers of modernity and the bourgeoisie. His admirers look upon Franklin as an exemplar of the personal character and civic virtue that are too often missing in today's world...
...decision was not, strictly speaking, a "liberal" one, another sign of a left-tilting court, which earlier in the week upheld the basic principle of affirmative action. Many conservatives of a libertarian streak abhor the idea of a government so vast and intrusive that it tells people what they can do in private...
Lawrence v. Texas turns an issue that states have historically decided for themselves into a basic constitutional tenet. Even supporters expressed surprise at Justice Anthony Kennedy's language, given this court's allergy to broad social pronouncements. "The petitioners are entitled to respect for their private lives," Kennedy argued. "The State cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime." The court's majority based its landmark decision on a belief in "a realm of personal liberty which the government may not enter." To opponents, it meant that any law based mainly...
...Defeating the insurgency and winning the peace in Iraq is a battle that will be won or lost politically, in the hearts and minds of Iraqis. And Iraqis will judge the U.S. first and foremost on its ability to deliver security and restore the basic functioning of a society free of Saddam's chokehold - a mission the insurgents will, undoubtedly, be doing their utmost to disrupt at every turn. It may be premature to say the battle is being lost, but nor is it possible, yet, to claim that it is being won. Which may be why Washington's only...