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...Blame Me! According to Andrew Sullivan in "The Year of Living Erroneously" [Dec. 29-Jan. 5], we are all to blame for the state of the world?even for the invasion of Iraq, since the war "was at least partly built on a series of deceptions, mistakes and failures. By everyone." But foreign countries are rarely invaded because of my mistakes. In fact, if I thought my actions would have serious global consequences, I might spend a little more time gathering facts and building consensus. However, Sullivan's allusion to Frodo Baggins, hero of The Lord of the Rings...
...country dearly. The E.U., Japan and other countries immediately banned the import of Thai chickens. Thaksin's own credibility has also taken a hit. Thai officials anonymously told local newspapers they were aware of the presence of avian flu in November but were told to keep it quiet and blame the culling of poultry on an outbreak of chicken cholera and bronchitis. Away from the cameras, Thaksin and his Cabinet may be less eager to feast on Thai chicken...
According to Sullivan, we are all to blame for the state of the world--even for the invasion of Iraq, since the war "was at least partly built on a series of deceptions, mistakes and failures. By everyone." But foreign countries are rarely invaded because of my mistakes. In fact, if I thought my actions would have serious global consequences, I might spend a little more time gathering facts. However, Sullivan's allusion to Frodo Baggins, hero of The Lord of the Rings, was an unintentionally brilliant commentary on Bush and his crusade against terrorism: a small being wandering...
...TIME reports this week, Americans pay far more for their medicines than citizens of other industrialized countries. With Congress recently passing a bill revising prescription drug coverage for seniors and the election approaching, the issue remains hot. Some lay the blame on the drug companies: their profit margins are nearly twice as high as other U.S. industries, and they employ hundreds of lobbyists in Washington. But it was Congress who gave up the authority to negotiate drug prices on Medicare's behalf, and drug companies say price controls will only hurt their ever-expanding drug research programs. What...
...familiar: a tightly arranged take on late-'70s influences, from Talking Heads to Joy Division with a lyrical sensibility closer to Jarvis Cocker, neatly boiled down to beat-driven guitar tunes you can dance to. And if they also sound a little like the Strokes, well, hey, who can blame them? No, the backbeat to the current clamor is the sound of the British record industry catching up to a band that for once didn't come looking for them. Franz Ferdinand came together around the Glasgow School of Art. (Indeed, drummer Paul Thomson, a former artist's model...