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...conference aims to be “bipartisan in agenda,” according to IOP Associate Director David King, who chairs this program for newly elected representatives...
...time when Russia is emerging as an energy superpower and a key ally on handling Iran and North Korea, human rights and freedom of speech are no longer at the top of the West's agenda. Some, including Merkel's predecessor, Gerhard Schröder, are quick to defend Putin; in his recent memoirs, Schröder described the Russian President as "a flawless democrat." "It's frustrating that some European leaders hold this view," says Grigory Pasko, a former navy captain, journalist and environmental campaigner who in 2001 was sentenced to four years in jail on treason charges...
...Like a coach using an old playbook, Bush has shown how mediocrity can take hold when an agenda begins to get stale. The elections were a clear referendum on his leadership. He seemed to ignore criticism and was ineffective in achieving any of his goals, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Republican Party paid the price on Election Day. Jethro Singer Santa Monica, California...
...Halpern, said in the survey that he’s already planning to test a combination of psychotherapy and MDMA—that is, “ecstasy”—on dying cancer patients. Experiments involving LSD, psilocybin, and peyote are also on his research agenda...
...have a conversation with the justices instead of doing a formal, stiff presentation,” he added. Joining Katyal at yesterday’s event was the Kennedy School’s Stanton Professor of the First Amendment Frederick Schauer, who spoke about the judiciary’s agenda relative to that of the public—the topic of the 60-page foreword he wrote for the current issue of the Law Review. Noting that Medicare, Social Security, fuel costs, taxes, and the war in Iraq are among the most salient political issues today, Schauer said that these...