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While Ellis Parker fought to stay out of prison, Paul Wendel had gone from a small-time wanted man and petty criminal to a celebrity. He had achieved that most valuable moral high ground, victim status, and he was determined to make it pay off. One of the many ironies of the Parker-Wendel affair is that for all the talk of how Parker and Hoffman expected to profit from it, the only person who was able to cash in was Wendel himself. He wasted no time doing so.
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Monthly Archives: December 2005
What Are We Doing?
What are we doing becoming so cozy with China? How long can we continue to turn a blind eye to things like this, a new crackdown on Chinaâs most liberal media, as reported in the International Herald Tribune? Hereâs some more coverage by Guardian Unlimited.
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Ukraine and Yuschenko Stand Firm on Gas
Forbes reports that Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has rejected a Russian loan as a means of coping with impending hikes in prices by Russiaâs state-controlled Gazprom. According to the article, Gazprom is forcing a 4-fold increase in prices upon the Ukraine. Others have speculated that this action comes as retribution for the defeat of the [...]
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The Return of Russian Despotism
This Washington Post article sums up the state of affairs in Russia. Key points include: Supression of free media outlets Forced nationalization of key economic sectors, such as the oil industry Punishment of neighboring countries using oil prices as a weapon Manipulation of the national legislature to make it subservient to the Kremlin The net [...]
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Longing and Delight
The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing. These things â the beauty, the memory of our own past â are good images of what [...]
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