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...which you pictured Iranians from various walks of life: There ought to be a law that every major news outlet in the country must run features like this anytime the U.S. government openly contemplates a military action, police action or "freedom fight" abroad. If we think we understand enough about a nation to know what is best for it, then we ought to be able to look its ordinary citizens straight in the eyes before killing them for their own good. And please spare those people speeches about how it is only their government we hate, not them...
Although we may intuitively understand how to effectively say no, we often don't because of other concerns swirling in our head. Yet today, Ury argues, in a world with more information, more options and more demands for productivity than ever before, the stakes are incredibly high. "To say yes to the right things"--and not be overwhelmed, overworked and generally stressed out--"you have to say no to a lot of other things," Ury says. The payoff, he notes, can be twofold, since delivering a respectful, decisive no can paradoxically strengthen your relationship with the person on the receiving...
Front Runners Lacking Luster Joe Klein could not have been more wrong in stating "Most voters don't care if Hillary Clinton says 'I was wrong' about Iraq" [March 5]. After six years of Bush's refusal to admit having made a mistake, all voters, not just Democrats, understand that such a refusal is clear evidence of a lack of integrity. We the people will not elect another person who lacks the integrity to admit a mistake...
...being of the Baha'i faith help you understand the spirituality...
...Harvard students may make it difficult for us to imagine a time when people desired to be “average,” the social history of public opinion polls tells a different story.The acceptance of the idea that an individual needs quantitative data in order to understand his or her own community—and sometimes even him- or herself—represented a cultural shift in how Americans in the 20th century understood their society, argues University of Pennsylvania historian Sarah E. Igo in “The Averaged American: Surveys, Citizens, and the Making...