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...year's elections are the last-chance do-over. "This is a vital election, more than normal," says Pakistani journalist and author Ahmed Rashid. "It's vital for all of us, and for the Muslim world even more so. [The new Administration] will have to set a new world agenda because the Bush agenda is totally bankrupt. It's a landmark point for America and for people everywhere...
...expectations can result in disappointment of course, and there's sure to be some of that next year no matter who wins the White House. In the euphoria of fresh elections it's easy to forget that U.S. Presidents pursue their own agenda first. Depending on who wins, the next Administration could press on with globally unpopular policies such as staying in Iraq, or throw up new trade barriers that would hurt the rest of the world. But for the millions who look to the U.S. as a model, a place of hope and transformation, the world seems a better...
More and more, Hollywood is betting on its powers of social engineering. Stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and Charlize Theron have taken pay cuts and strolled red carpets for features that further humanitarian or political agendas. Big-name directors have put their reputations on the line, and rich men have risked fortunes for passion projects. This spring there are at least eight projects with a strong social agenda hitting theaters from such noteworthy filmmakers as Errol Morris and Morgan Spurlock as well as from message-movie newcomers like Ben Stein...
...adviser named Mandy Grunwald to appear on Nightline, which was then at the peak of its influence. Host Ted Koppel was known as a master interrogator - but as soon as he opened the interview, Grunwald sprang to the attack. Why was Koppel letting "a trashy supermarket tabloid" set the agenda...
...events "in keeping with the President's schedule," he said. He hopes the President will "find time from his busy schedule" to campaign with him, he said. McCain apparently hasn't seen the "Week Ahead" memos the White House has been sending out that shows Bush's lame duck agenda sparsely dotted with feel-good meet-and-greets...