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Carter's humble decency is in sharp contrast to the bellicose, unilateralist George Bush administration, which is increasingly viewed abroad as the reborn Ugly Americans of the 1960s - men who combined missionary zeal with arrogance and ignorance. May 19, 2002 Eric Margolis
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The absurd_in the literary sense_belief that a thing can be brought into being simply by naming it, that democracy can be conjured out of ballot boxes, press releases, and a well-articulated "human rights message," continues in the Bush administration. May 12, 2002 Aiding Colombia by John Patrick Leary
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The lesson is: don't question the rules, but do notice how they make you feel. An important life skill, to be sure. Now, your kid will be able to say with confidence someday, "Gee, the lay-offs at work sure are a setback for me. I'm feeling pretty sad about it. I wonder what the next downturn in the economy will bring!" Or "Gee, carpet-bombing sure results in a lot of carnage. I am so emotionally literate as to be in touch with my sadness about that. (Thanks to all those Monopoly games my parents played with me when I was little.) I wonder what the next new development in weapons systems will bring!" (...) In this vulgar age of war and institutionalized greed, let's resist the "kid-centered" parenting advice that so temptingly invites us to ignore the real world, and implies that our job as parents is to forever fine-tune our interactions with our own private offspring. Parenting in a Vulgar Age Cynthia Peters 10/05/2002
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The Wall Street Journal reports that that the Bush administration is considering hiring Russian companies to help develop the U.S.'s missile defense shield. The paper explains that though Russia says it opposes the shield, "an offer of contracts for its economically distressed defense industry could help quiet criticism." Slate 08/05/2002
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