Member 4818Going out on top (USATODAY.com)16-05-2008 13h21USATODAY.com - The two No. 1 female athletes who abruptly announced their retirements this week sent a welcome message: Dedication and drive to get to the top are important — but life has more than one note, and one act, to it. Having the instinct to know when and how to follow a different path is rare. But, quite clearly, golfer Annika Sorenstam and tennis star Justine Henin have it. Afghan aid that works (The Christian Science Monitor)16-05-2008 17h00The Christian Science Monitor - In Afghan areas where the international aid groups fear to tread, the National Solidarity Program (NSP) is one of the country's most successful development initiatives. The community-led approach to reconstruction and to rural infrastructure has made achievements in empowering local people, strengthening democracy, and increasing faith in the Afghan government. Yet it risks being underfunded. What's next for the Ron Paul revolution? (The Christian Science Monitor)16-05-2008 17h00The Christian Science Monitor - Ron Paul and his 1 million supporters aren't going away. And that's probably a good thing for America's future. A thin-ice way to save polar bears (The Christian Science Monitor)16-05-2008 17h00The Christian Science Monitor - Lawsuits are not the best way to force the public into solving planet-size problems such as climate change. In most cases, political consensus – as Al Gore is trying to achieve – brings the most fitting solutions. But the environmentalists who sued on behalf of polar bears likely knew that and shouldn't be surprised at what their suit has wrought. Where racial healing happens (The Christian Science Monitor)15-05-2008 17h00The Christian Science Monitor - Shortly after Senator Obama's speech on race this March, a friend likened the racial issue to an old coffee pot that keeps percolating. Every few years something happens to bring the vexed problem bubbling to the surface. A Sublime Moment For Cable TV--Chris Matthews interviewing Kevin James On Appeasement. (HuffingtonPost.com)16-05-2008 10h56HuffingtonPost.com - Well, this might have been his finest hour. Chris Matthews I mean, confronting Kevin James in the presence of Mark Green on tonight's Hardball. The topic: what it means to compare appeasement, meaning Nazis and Neville Chamberlain in 1938-39--that exhausted neo-con trope--to our current situation vis-à-vis Iran and etc. The exchange was pegged to Bush's political exploitation of Israel's 60th anniversary. <<< Prev member Next member >>> Randon Members Member 2871 Member 3321 Member 4721 Member 5167 Member 1583 Member 542 Member 573 Member 3561 Member 3936 Member 4677 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 | |
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