MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24herbert.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Wounds You Can’t See, by Bob Herbert

“In the absence of any general call for sacrifice, we have an ironclad obligation to look out for the short- and long-term needs of the troops we send off to combat.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24godwin.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Soccer 1, Mugabe 0, by Peter Godwin

“Maybe Zimbabwe should become to the South Africa-hosted World Cup what Tibet has been to the Beijing Olympics — the pungent albatross that mars every presentation with its insistent odor.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24brooks.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The Bush Paradox, by David Brooks

“For George W. Bush, the traits that lead to disaster in certain circumstances are the very ones that come in handy in others.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24tue4.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Some Doubts Upon Entering a New Carboniferous Era, by Verlyn Klinkenborg

“How quickly humans adopt new phrases, like “carbon footprint,” and how readily we confuse them with the reality — or the unreality — of our actions.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24seinfeld.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Dying Is Hard. Comedy is Harder, by Jerry Seinfeld

“George Carlin with comedy was like a train hobo with a chicken bone. When he was done there was nothing left for anybody.”