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Everyone’s obsessed with politics these days. It’s only natural; we’re in the middle of the most contentious presidential campaigns in history, and it doesn’t help much to be reading the unceasing back-and-forth on editorial pages, either. The media has gleefully stoked the public obsession with this election, with 24-hour coverage of delegate breakdowns and speculation about Hillary’s “breakdown” and McCain’s “affair...
...tide doesn’t seem set to turn soon, either; American government-as-religion seems set to win more converts, not to dissolve. For example, Obama has interspersed his soapbox oratory with calls for a new “national service,” one that aims to instill an optimistic sense of duty and country in young Americans like ourselves. Meanwhile, McCain has mused of regiments of uniformed young charity workers living in barracks, a return to the days of the Civilian Community Corps . But it’s hard to see how pressuring or coercing our youth...
...that Secret Service Agent Thomas Barnes (Quaid) had taken a bullet for Ashton a year ago, so this is a least the second assassination attempt during the his regime. Ashton, though, is no ninny; stern and balding, he has the gruff gravitas of Fred Thompson or Rudy Giuliani, if either of them had got past their Presidential-primary gaffes and into the White House. And he is ready with heroic quotes for any occasion. When his adviser pleads, "Mr. President, we have to act strong," Ashton snaps back, "No, we have to be strong...
...Timeout, Penn. Lively crowd here tonight folks. We've got both bands here tonight, the Quaker mascot, and cheerleaders from each school. Also a packed house. Winning seems to bring out the best from fair-weather fans. Either way, the team seems to be relishing the friendly atmosphere tonight...
...larger numbers. Determined as the Turks may be, their military efforts have failed to solve the PKK problem since the 1980's when Kurds in southeastern Turkey began rebelling against discrimination by the Turkish state. There's little reason to believe that the military option will work this time, either. Most of the PKK's fighters in Iraq are based well away from the Turkish border, and there are plenty still running around inside Turkey as well...