A basic principle of democracy is that every person's vote
should have equal weight. So we might expect some public discourse
about the fact that the U.S. Senate is fundamentally undemocratic.
But it's a complete non-issue among...
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02 May 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- Great, now everyone who thinks Ariel Sharon is
a screaming disaster for Israel has been read out of the pro-Israeli camp.
This excommunication comes not from Israel -- where quite a few people think
exactly that -- but...
02 May 2002
In a twist of fate, obituaries appeared for the inventor of the
Barbie doll just as a $50 million advertising campaign got underway
for an anti-wrinkle drug with a name that memorably combines the
words "botulism" and "toxin." Expensive...
30 April 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- Sometimes I forget how truly simpleminded the
Bushies can be. The front-page of The New York Times reports, "The Bush
administration seems to accept and even relish (Attorney General) Ashcroft's
role as lightning rod on...
25 April 2002
Weeks before the 20th century ended, the pundit Michael Kinsley
was uncommonly direct in a Time essay that defended the virtues of
the World Trade Organization with these closing words: "But really,
the WTO is OK. Do the math. Or take it...
24 April 2002
MARATHON -- In the annals of West Texas law enforcement, few
episodes rival the recent (well, relatively recent) unfortunate occurrence
involving the mayor of Lajitas. As visitors to that border metropolis in the
Big Bend are aware, the...
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