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...Exactly a century ago, Upton Sinclair published his novel The Jungle, about an immigrant who is exploited at every turn: paying the people who bring them to America, exploited by their bosses as they work in subhuman conditions at the brutal job of meatpacking (i.e., animal slaughter) in Chicago's stockyards, where political and economic corruption is the m.o. of unfettered capitalism...
...scene of the protest, human rights activist Hossam Bahgat watched as police played a brutal cat-and-mouse game with remaining demonstrators, chasing them down alleyways and cornering them against barricades. "I saw some of them being carried into police trucks while their noses and mouths were bleeding," said Bahgat, the director of the Egyptian Initiative for Human Rights. "As soon as the judges arrived to offer the reform movement the moral leadership it direly needed, the government realized how dangerous these government demonstrations could be," Bahgat said...
...That marriage's endurance has rested on Brown's firm conviction that he will ultimately get the top job and will fare better in it if the transition is orderly. But such an orderly transition is now endangered, and in a way that was predictable. The brutal law of a parliamentary system is that all careers must end in failure: if you stay as long as you possibly can, lots of people will be happy to see you go. Which means that Tony Blair, who hoped to burnish his reputation with a slew of reformist legislation before passing the torch...
...best when we're boldest," used to be Tony Blair's catchphrase. He'd better hope it's true after a brutal Cabinet shakeup in the wake of multiple scandals and poor local-election results. Blair's top scalps included John Prescott, who remained his deputy but lost his departmental responsibilities, and Home Secretary Charles Clarke. But why did Blair demote Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to a job running the House of Commons? Perhaps Straw's efforts to cozy up to Blair's likely successor Gordon Brown rankled, but he's generally considered an effective minister with excellent relations...
Last spring, my family was confronted with a curveball of grave proportions. My grandmother was diagnosed with two forms of cancer. Since then, she has endured multiple surgeries and a brutal round of chemotherapy, all with a brave face and immeasurable dignity. She arranged her treatment schedule to be able to prepare our annual Thanksgiving feast and attend my little sister’s Bat Mitzvah. Although she has been sapped of her strength, she has not been robbed of her customary biting wit. I’ve heard her continue to tease my grandfather, as is her wont...