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...single domestic-policy issue has consumed so much of Clinton's public time and attention, though in the larger context of this turbulent season, that is not saying much. Since January there have been two White Houses: the one that handles scandal and the one that handles everything else. The only problem with that survival strategy, as last week's vote made clear, is that there isn't much else. For all his shiny approval ratings, Clinton has been foiled time and again in moving anything through Congress, from imf funding and voluntary national standards for student testing to campaign...
...earlier topics when the fast-paced chat had already moved on to new ones. If you want to express an opinion about our work in interspecies communication, that is your right, but your so-called transcript, with selected quotes and the omission of many lines of dialogue that provided context, deceived readers and was just plain bad journalism. Your readers can find a full transcript of the AOL chat with Koko at www.gorilla.org FRANCINE PATTERSON, Ph.D. President and Director of Research Gorilla Foundation Woodside, Calif...
...broaden the context: never rise to a provocation, especially on that subject. Do not! Turn aside temptation. Go deeply Zen. Repeat a mantra. Think of Rhett Butler at Ashley Wilkes' place early in Gone With the Wind, when he confronts the naive Southern glory-talk. Clark Gable bows slightly and ironically and works his mouth in that sly, urbane way, saying, with a tricky formality of self-effacement, "I apologize for all my shortcomings...
...knock down the basketball straw man first. If someone plays defense like Bill Russell, passes like Isiah Thomas, scores like Julius Erving and rises to the occasion like Larry Bird, it's hard to argue against him. The clincher comes in the context of his team. When Jordan's around, the Bulls win championships. When he's off flailing at minor-league curve balls, they...
...Jerry Springer, is its underlying "mission." Pinsky is obsessed with changing what he views as a culture of "broken-down interpersonal relationships" that lack intimacy. He calls the show a "sheep in wolf's clothing" that discourages sexual activity and encourages responsibility and connection in a hip, relatable context. Of particular concern to him is the rest of the media, which often portray sex as a simple physical act with no emotional consequences. Is he troubled about young teens having sex? Pinsky says a significant percentage may be reacting to having been sexually abused. He also suggests, though, that...