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Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or do we participate in a politics of hope? [Barack Obama in his keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in 2004] I’m not sure if it’s blind faith or black pride that is keeping my hope alive that Barack Obama will be elected the next president… Read more.
A year ago this month, Sudanese businessman Mo Ibrahim announced his plan to fund an annual prize to reward “a retired African head of state for excellence in leadership”. But here’s a little of what I wrote back then about the egocentric and oxymoronic nature of this no “Mo” corruption prize: Ibrahim seems to think… Read more.
Even though everyone expected her to be the ultimate winner, Cristina Fernández Kirchner surpassed all expectations by defeating her 13 rivals so decisively in national elections held yesterday that she rendered a scheduled November 25 runoff unnecessary. Under Argentina’s election laws, she needed 40 percent of the vote, with a lead of more than 10… Read more.
He has dispatched Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for one last try at getting the feral factions of the Middle East to the bargaining table. Related Articles: Sisyphean pursuit for peace in Middle East Condoleezza Rice Middle East Read more.
Alas, the mother of all fires still raging in Iraq (and is now spreading into Turkey and Iran) makes those praises in California seem hollow…. Related Articles: California’s fiery Katrina… California fires Read more.
Given that men seem determined to destroy the Earth in a nuclear conflagration (if they’re not preempted by the global-warming apocalypse that Al Gore has been warning about for the past 25 years), it seems I might as well suspend my political crusade for women to rule the world. But, given this week’s historic development,… Read more.
Given the remarkable precision and care with which a reported 1 million people have been evacuated from the amorphous vortex of raging fires in California, it seems clear that federal, state, and local government officials have heeded the tragic lessons of Hurricane Katrina. Indeed, not least in this regard is the way Qualcomm Stadium (home… Read more.
I’m not sure why so many people expect me to know the details of every alleged crime involving tourists in the Caribbean – from Natalee Holloway in Aruba to Bob Woolmer in Jamaica and Anna Nicole Smith in The Bahamas. But as flattered and amused as I am by it, I’m always eager to disabuse… Read more.
This is much bigger than South Africa rugby. To see our state president on the shoulders of one of the players, with the William Webb Ellis Trophy in his hands, there’s no bigger statement in our country than that. What we need as a nation is to understand how big this is. There’s no reason… Read more.
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