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...choice for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals; from the pending nomination, following a bitter two-year battle in the Senate. Democrats had staged a filibuster to thwart the nomination, which they charged was another effort by Bush to pack the court with "out-of-the-mainstream" conservatives...
Confronting hundreds of delegates at the California State Democratic Convention this March, presidential hopeful Howard Dean proved he had more backbone than most mainstream Democrats. “What I want to know is what in the world so many Democrats are doing supporting the President’s unilateral intervention in Iraq,” he belted. And ever since, the weak-kneed centrists in the Democratic Leadership Council have tried to shut him up. After all, say Al Frum, John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, taking a stance against the President’s foreign policy demonstrates weakness abroad...
...immediate aftermath of 9/11 few in the Muslim mainstream identified with the terror attacks. That much was obvious from the wave of denial that blamed the attacks on the Mossad or the CIA. The truth - that the callous murder of almost 3,000 civilians was carried out by 19 Arab men who considered themselves devout and pious Muslims carrying out a blessed act - was too horrific to swallow. Cowardly attacks on civilians elicited little pride in the Muslim world, and plenty of revulsion. That was why they had to be blamed on somebody else...
DIGITAL VIDEO PLAYERS Now that the digital music player has gained mainstream acceptance, daring manufacturers are trying their luck with digital video playback devices. Think of it as TiVo on the go. Plug it into a cable box or VCR to record shows, then watch them wherever. The 20GB Archos AV320 ($600) started the ball rolling, and the next heavy hitter could be RCA's RD2780 Lyra A/V Jukebox ($449), left, due in October. The heat is on as versions of a joint design by Intel and Microsoft, above, are slated to be produced and sold next year by Samsung...
...TIME: Haven't the mainstream political parties boosted the Maoist cause by failing to address poverty and social inequity? Thapa: Certainly the political parties have not been responsible and effective and this has caused concern, but that's not the main factor in the insurgency. The main factor is that the Maoists use terrorism to gain support and people are scared. They have tortured people, cut off their limbs and harassed them. It should not have taken this long for the parties to come together and defend democracy against these Maoists, but we are doing...