BRIAN DICKERSON: Absolutism leaves W no wiggle room
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Let&#39;s accept, for the sake of argument, President George W. Bush&#39;s insistence that his campaign has had nothing to do with the veracity-challenged slime machine that calls itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
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Tycho: Sorry about that. Kiko digests the audio files for that, and I forgot that there President's Day was a holiday that people took seriously. Before today, I was not aware just how seriously Kiko took the concept of presidency. Also, I fixed an offensive and aggressively stupid typographical error in the post above. Now, it's only aggressively stupid in the ways I originally intended.(CW)TB
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Itâs funny how circumstances can change your perception of whatâs possible. A few months ago, key Microsoft architects were telling me that it would be impossible to decouple the Avalon presentation subsystem from the Longhorn OS.
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Interesting music does not tell us to be good or bad. It asks only to be admired. Getting great music and simple faith together happens, but with difficulty.
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Forget progress. The White Stripes is sticking to its (simple) principles.
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The line between mediocrity and parity is blurring nightl in the N.B.A.Âs Eastern Conference. Joe Dumars, the Detroit PistonsÂ president, coined a word to explain the trend: paridocrity.
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A lot of Bush haters are United States citizens.  Many feel they must now leave their country and renounce their citizenship, and feel trapped that they can't.  Many Bush supporters are taking glee in encouraging them to do so, knowing full well many have no options for emigration.  The problem is both "liberals" and "conservatives" have forgotten the United States is about much more than "democracy".  It is about a laboratory of the States within which migration and eminent domain support the pursuit of happiness by providing a mutual defense system for peoples experimenting with their own widely varying belief systems.
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John Dickerson: Both candidates scored, but Kerry made greater strides
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Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: I'm an atheist but still I resent this joker in Rome slighting my community. A residual theological chauvinism is aroused.
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A month ago I was introduced to the works of Michel Gondry.  In short, I was amazed and tantalized by his short films and music videos.  Even if you haven't heard of him, you've probably seen his many works in Gap commercials, various music videos, and the recent movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.    Many of his works explode with visual elements that, when taken alone, are simple and mundane.  However, under his masterful guidance, these elements come together to form a highly mesmerizing visual experience.  He never ceases to push visual technologies and challenge our ideas about the visual medium.
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A second President Clinton might occupy a little less space than the first.
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New masters of the universe--or creators of too much leverage?
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Comment is free: Charles Kennedy: Space is the premium a leader needs to achieve success, but the demands of a small party make it hard to come by
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Comment is free: Andrew Rawnsley: His ideas for modernising our democracy are both exciting and risky. Politicians can never be sure where reform will take them.
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By Munz, Tania  LORRAINE DASTON and GREGG MITMAN (eds.), Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. Pp. vii+230. ISBN 0-2311.3038-4. Pounds 32.00, $49.50 (hardback).
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Les versions allemande, franÃ§aise et nÃ©erlandaise sont dÃ©sormais disponibles. La version italienne sera bientÃ´t accessible. Copernic et son partenaire de dÃ©veloppement Ã©conomique international Contraco
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Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: By refusing to hold a vote on EU reform Brown is joining a flight from faith in popular will.