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...London is yet another attack on the citizens of Western countries that have a military presence in the Middle East. There is a lot of talk about winning the war on terrorism, but we will never win such a battle. An endless stream of people are willing to commit suicide in violent acts for a cause that has been made absolutely clear to us: forcing us out of the Middle East. Yet we parrot phrases like "They want to destroy our way of life" and "They hate our freedom." We are the worst kind of trespassers, with no legitimate business...
...ease, and the ever vigilant Italian scribes noted that the hemline of his robes was cut far too high, offering an unusually revealing look at his ruby papal slippers. It was the kind of gaffe his predecessor, as a former actor, would have been unlikely to commit...
What happened in London is yet another attack on the citizens of Western countries that have a military presence in the Middle East. An endless stream of people are willing to commit suicide in violent acts for a cause that has been made absolutely clear to us: forcing us out of the Middle East. We are the worst kind of trespassers in Middle Eastern countries, driven by a hunger for their oil but with no legitimate business there. We continue to deal with unscrupulous royalty while the death toll rises. We must get out of the Middle East...
...year-olds, whose own moms and dads grew up largely ignorant of car seats, bike helmets, antibacterial soaps and childproof locks and who certainly misbehaved in far greater numbers than today's teens. Today's 13-year-olds are less likely to smoke, drink, do drugs, get pregnant, commit a crime or drop out of school than those of their parents' generation in the 1970s. The birthrate for girls under 14 has been cut in half since 1953. But that record does not prevent every new generation of parents from fearing the worst. "We seem to have moved, without skipping...
...Economics majors can acquire [analytic and quantitative reasoning] skills without having to commit themselves too early to a specific track, as they would if they majored in business administration (in universities where such an undergraduate major is available) or accountancy or such subjects,” Dixit wrote. “In other words, economics has high ‘option value’ in the process of making a career choice...