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 Vol. 134 Issue 019 (November 9 2007)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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Miles, Jack
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Commonweal . November 9, 2007 Editor Paul Baumann Managing Editor Patrick Jordan Associate Editors Grant Gallicho, Matthew Boudway Production Editor & Webmaster Tiina Aleman Copy...
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EDITORIAL Torture's Enablers
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From the Editors Torture’s Enablers F irst you are strapped to a plank. Then the plank is tilted so that your feet are above your head. Next a cloth is pulled taut across your mouth, and...
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The Trash Man Cometh
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McGowan, Jo
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Columnist Jo McGowan The Trash Man Cometh CONSUMERISM & INDIA’S REFUSE PROBLEM My kitchen window overlooks a vacant lot. Like other vacant lots in India, it is covered with plastic...
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The Center Can Hold
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Mattson, Kevin
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Short Takes Kevin Mattson The Center Can Hold WHY DEMOCRATSSHOULD NOT FEAR COMPROMISE A t first glance, as the 2008 campaign swings into high gear, prospects for the Democratic Party...
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"Why not become all fire?"
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Cornell, M. Doretta
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Short Takes Kevin Mattson The Center Can Hold WHY DEMOCRATSSHOULD NOT FEAR COMPROMISE A t first glance, as the 2008 campaign swings into high gear, prospects for the Democratic Party...
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Silent Eugenics
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Shriver, Timothy
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Commonweal . November 9, 2007 Republican. Well before he became president, Clinton knew about finicky swing voters mistrustful of government. These Arkansas realities chastened his progressive...
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The Promise & Limits of Politics
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Dionne, E. J. Jr.
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Articles The Promise & Limits of Politics What Gene McCarthy Taught Us E. J. Dionne Jr. H ow many Americans had their view of the world changed by a quietly passionate man whose campaign...
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Meet the Mormons
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Schmalz, Mathew N.
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Meet the Mormons From the Margin to the Mainstream Mathew N. Schmalz T here’s been a lot of “Mormon talk” in the air lately. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has something to do with...
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Centering
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Walker, Jean Murray
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Centering Remember, the frightened sparrow’s flapping finally calmed into a pattern just before it found the window and escaped. I mean, while we squinted and pointed in the dairy aisle,...
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Michael Clayton
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Alleva, Richard
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Screen Michael Clayton begins with its eponymous hero (played by George Clooney) summoned from a midnight card game by a colleague in Clayton’s law firm. A millionaire client has fled...
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Freedom's Power
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Starr, Paul
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Books David McCabe The L-Word Freedom’s Power The True Force of Liberalism Paul Starr Basic Books, $26, 256 pp. Liberalism for a New Century Edited by Neil Jumonville and Kevin...
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Supreme Discomfort
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Fletcher, Kevin Meridaand Michael A.
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Commonweal . November 9, 2007 itors dub the Academic Cultural Left (ACL), which often seems driven either by reflexive opposition to anything that might appeal to persons on the right, or...
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Circling My Mother
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Gordon, Mary
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Melinda Henneberger Twisted Sisters Circling My Mother Mary Gordon Pantheon, $24, 272 pp. M ary Gordon is not choosy about the grudges she holds on her mother’s behalf. To the...
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Lonergan to the Rescue
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Doyle, Dennis M.
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The Last Word Lonergan to the Rescue Dennis M. Doyle T here have been times I’ve gotten help from a professional, occasionally even a stranger, that’s made all the difference in the...
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Vol. 134 Issue 020 (November 23 2007)
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