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...Power of Populism Joe Klein questions the wisdom of the Democrats using classic populism ("the people vs. the powerful") as a strategy to win the presidency [Jan. 12]. I say more power to them. It is the common people who work, pay taxes, fight our wars and cry out for fairness. Klein noted that the by-products of the 1890s' wave of populism were a progressive income tax, antitrust legislation and other reforms. Dean is proposing the same type of progressive political, social and economic agenda. Onofrio Perzia LeRoy...
...only alternative to Bush-style ?litism is classic populism, I'll take it. For millions of Americans who lack jobs, health care, homes and a rosy future, populist issues are more important than the risk that they will die at the hands of some terrorist. Jon Koppenhoefer Springfield...
...wind-surfed and ridden a Harley. He has played both hockey and his guitar. It was meant to make him seem more human, change the scale, since he looms over the field like a tall dark cloud. For months nothing seemed to work. He still came across as a classic Massachusetts Yankee, easy to admire but hard to like. The consolation out of Iowa was that maybe it didn't matter if he wasn't all that likable if he's what voters think they need...
...inspiration this week, Vinatieri conjures up Hoosiers, the 1986 sports classic where the coach of a small high school basketball team, played by Gene Hackman, pulls out a tape measure before the state championship game and shows his players that the basket?s height is the same in both the spacious arena and the barnyard gym. ?The goalposts are still 18-feet wide,? says Vinatieri, smiling. ?Once we move the ball past the 50-yard line, I?ll just step over to the side and start booting a couple of balls into the net. It?s been easy...
Visitors have also been flocking to Dubai for its international sports events, such as the Dubai World Cup, horse racing's largest pot, and the Dubai Desert Golf Classic, which attracts top players, among them Tiger Woods. Another major attraction is the winter Dubai Shopping Festival, which runs from mid-January to Feb. 15. Its price reductions in fashion and electronics outlets temporarily turn Dubai into a mecca for the material world. Gambling may not exist here, but partying certainly does. There are no strict Islamic bans on alcohol--or on basically having fun in public--as in neighboring countries...