articles 11/21

Bush Pulls Top Security Agent From Fracas

Spooking the CIA
by Jim Hoagland

Middle East Media Research Institute
Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris
By Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli *

Belmont Club
Through a Glass Darkly

Absolute Power Erupts
by Maureen Dowd

W. Post
The Power-Values Approach to Policy
Move to State Raises Rice's Profile

W. Post
Bush Toughens Line On Nuclear Threats
President Singles Out Iran, N. Korea

NY Times
Who Lost Ohio?
Pro-Kerry "527" groups like America Coming Together revolutionized the political ground game in the swing states. But there were some things they just couldn't change. The final 24 hours of the presidential campaign, from inside ACT's Ohio operation.

NY Times
The Anti-depressant Dilemna
Thirteen-year-old Matt Miller killed himself shortly after he started taking Zoloft. His parents and those of other teenage suicides recently won a victory when the F.D.A. issued a strong warning about adolescent use of antidepressants. But will the inevitable decrease in prescriptions ultimately lead to more teenage suicides?

CBS.MarketWatch.com
Fraud expert: Beware of 'phishing' scams
JPMorgan Chase's Mike Cunningham says phishing, a fake mail from a financial institution seeking personal information, is the latest online scam that consumers should watch out for.

AP
EU officials implore new immigrants to learn 'European values'

The Nation
Earthly Rewards for the Christian Voter

The Guardian
Allegations of vote-rigging haunt Chirac

Chicago Tribune
Technically speaking, is it a `fetus' or is it an `unborn child'?
by Don Wycliff

NY Times
The Plastic Trap
Soaring Interest Compounds Credit Card Pain for Millions

Can Christians vote "no"?
Philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre is opposed to abortion and the rise of what Pope John Paul II has called the "culture of death."
by Terry Mattingly


How to dismantle death, basically
For any who have not seen them, scans of the book that will accompany the deluxe box set of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb have been posted online. It's a long book, and getting a real sense of it from these scans is perhaps a bit much to hope for, but I'm going to take a shot at talking about it because it is so theologically rich. Overall, the trajectory of the artwork is exactly the same as the description Bono recently gave on the BBC of the trajectory of the album itself: an arc from fear, in "Vertigo," to the "joyful noise" of trust in "Yahweh."

Psalm Like It Hot
What Elvis was to rock'n'roll, David was to the blues.