Panel condemns state's death penalty system Jul 1, 2008
California's death penalty system is on the verge of collapse, with the nation's longest delays, uncontrolled costs, an overly broad law and an illusory promise of justice to victims' families, a state commission said Monday. With just 13 inmates having been executed since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977 and 670 Death Row inmates waiting more than two decades to learn their fate, capital punishment in California "is the law in name only, and not in reality," said the panel led by former... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Israel at 60 May 8, 2008
The United States, Great Britain and their allies must reject the illusory promise of peace in our time conjured by advocates of an appeasement approach towards the Mullahs of Iran, and ensure the world does not face a totalitarian Islamist regime armed with nuclear weapons. The freedom that Israel currently enjoys was secured through the sacrifice of her soldiers through several wars in the Middle East, as well as the earlier sacrifice of American and British troops in World War Two. (Human Events Online)
Far away quest foracure Mar 10, 2008
Perhaps thousands of Americans have followed the illusory promise of stem cells wherever it takes them as far as China, where multiple clinics offer patients injections of umbilical cord blood or fetal cells to treat spinal cord injury, Parkinsons, multiple sclerosis and more. These are patients with incurable ailments who are willing to take what may be serious risks in order to walk or live a few years longer. (MSNBC -- Health)
Israel Will be Safe with Rudy Giuliani as President Jan 24, 2008
There is a real danger in the wake of the recent National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report that the West will have its own Munich moment , and enter into a full-blown policy of appeasement toward Tehran, with the illusory promise of peace in our time. The harsh reality is that within a few years the world could face a nuclear-armed Iran, unless Tehran can be stopped, a highly dangerous scenario considering the extremely aggressive nature of the regime. (Human Events Online)
The myth being sold about nuclear bijlee Oct 28, 2007
And for this illusory promise of energy security, look what the UPA government is giving up in its bargain with America: Indias sovereign right to decide the future development of our nuclear weapons programme as per our own independent assessment of our national security needs. This compromise could well lead to a subservient strategic partnership, one requiring India to take shelter under Americas nuclear and missile-defence umbrella. (Indian Express)
Parents slam RISE options Sep 12, 2007
"Magnet schools are just a fancier way to legitimate the busing of students under an illusory promise of choice.". Some parents objected to the objections, saying they want schools such as New Lebanon to become a magnet school so that it is not subject "to the segregation that this country has been trying to fight for a long time," Byram native Ted Flinn said. (Greenwich Time)
Kates: Criminalizing Solidarity Apr 1, 2007
Despite decades of valiant struggle by the Palestinian people within and without Palestine, as well as the vast weight of international support - outside that of U.S. imperialism, which heavily funded and armed Israel, as a Western settler colony within the heart of the Arab world - the post-Gulf War and post-Soviet international political environment, combined with an illusory promise of some relief for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and accentuated by the political weakness of... (Zmag.org)
Talking Warheads: Oct 12, 2006
It is an illusory promise ... Anything else, and the world is paying for an illusory promise, and teaching North Korea it can spin mere words into gold. (Slate)
DAVID LIMBAUGH: To hold the line Jun 3, 2006
While I agree we can't allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good, we simply can't risk bargaining away the very identity of this nation on the illusory promise that holes in the bill will be patched over in time. If there isn't enough time to craft a nation-preserving bill before the election, there won't be afterward either. (Washington Times)
Conservatives Must Hold Firm on Immigration00000B5A Jun 1, 2006
While I agree that we can't allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good, we simply can't risk bargaining away the very identity of this nation on the illusory promise that holes in the bill will be patched over in time. If there isn't enough time to craft a nation-preserving bill before the election, there won't be afterwards either. (Human Events Online)
Sephora: Liberating Beauty Products Jan 26, 2006
Women gladly pay premiums for cosmetics' illusory promise of self-invention, and Sephora capitalizes upon this in its emphasis on personal discovery. Its success in America recognizes the increasingly independent will of shoppers. (BusinessWeek)
