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...There is a brutal competition for the moral high ground in the marketplace; and that is where Mackey has positioned himself—at the top. Though it may seem strange, market orthodoxy and a social conscience can fit together nicely. As long as customers are allowed to vote with their dollars, virtuous companies like Whole Foods will continue to thrive, and maybe help save the world to boot...
...were slave owners all. Then again, so was Lord Dunmore, the last Royal Governor of Virginia and the man who first made the offer of freedom for military service. Schama's book, nuanced, fair-minded and beautifully written, does not pretend that the British, who oversaw their own brutal slave economy in the Caribbean, operated with clean hands. But for American slaves, the prospect of continued bondage in an independent America was no choice...
After three years in which tens of thousands have died and 2.5 million have been displaced, the war in Darfur is growing ever more brutal. Most of the killing has been carried out by the Arab militia known as the Janjaweed, which mounts deadly raids on villages and refugee camps, often with the help of Sudanese government soldiers. The U.S. accuses the Janjaweed and its backers of committing genocide against Darfur's black African population, while Sudan's government blames the rebel Sudanese Liberation Army for the violence. Caught in the middle is the African Union's 7,000-person...
Only nature had any hope of stopping the Harvard heavyweights on Saturday morning.And as it turns out, nature didn’t have much luck, either. The Crimson varsity heavyweights demolished Northeastern early, then worked to overcome a brutal cross tailwind and terribly choppy water in a rout over the Huskies early Saturday morning on the Charles River. “The water was basically Class 3 rapids,” varsity seven-seat Andrew Boston said. “I don’t know what to call it—it was almost like white-water rafting...
...nuclear powers that threaten, bully and invade nonnuclear nations. Reem Nasr South Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. Blood Sport Re "The talented Torero" [March 27], on matador Mehdi Savalli, the up-and-coming star of Spanish bullfighting: How can Time, a respected magazine, publish a story on such a despicably brutal pastime? Its fans are sadistic, inhumane and intent on continuing a medieval tradition of blood sport. Shame on you for glorifying such horror. Nowhere in the article was there any mention of the ethical debate over bullfighting or the Spanish cities that have banned it! Ingrid Martens Brussels