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...Malcolm X spoke here about 30 years ago as probably one of the most controversial figures of his time, especially considering the social climate during the civil rights movement. Even further back, at the beginning of this century, Harvard's great president, A. Lawrence Lowell, was heavily pressured to rid the faculty of the lefties, who flirted with ideas of socialism and communism...
...annoyingly talkative older man, identified health care as his number one concern. "Fifteen minutes in a doctor's office shouldn't cost 95 dollars," he told me. "We need to get rid of the career politicians in Washington and put somebody in there who can really make a change." Who was Jim's candidate of choice? Ironically, it was the candidate with the least commitment to reforming the health care system: Republican Pat Buchanan. Buchanan's virtue as a candidate, according to Jim, was that he wasn't a "career politician" who played to the special interests...
...revolt by Saddam's Kurdish and Shi'ite opponents and proceed to very overt bombing of the forces the Iraqi dictator sent to smash the rebellion. That, goes the plan, would so weaken the regime that either the rebels or Saddam's military commanders, or both, would get rid of him. In another version, the U.S. would covertly incite a military coup by Saddam's lieutenants, in part by letting them know Washington stood ready to back them up with air power, if need...
Suppose, though, the Administration keeps dropping hints that Saddam after all might soon be thrown out, dead or alive, and that in fact the U.S. has a hush-hush operation under way to get rid of him. That just might defuse the issue long enough to get Bush past Election Day -- without the need to actually do anything. Still, the leaks and hints could do some damage by leading the public to believe the U.S. has far more chance of finally finishing off Saddam, and a much better developed strategy for doing so, than is really the case, thus setting...
...reform, however, is not adding posts but getting rid of them. The U.N. needs a sunset law to eliminate units that have outlived their usefulness...