Word: charityitis
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The spy novel has a unique literary character. Its first purpose, like that of all fiction, is to entertain. Yet by having as its subject the spy, the man who goes where others do not, it implicitly assumes a secondary responsibility: to inform. A good spy novel allows the reader...
While eating dinner in his village in southern Sudan one night in 1987, John Bul Dau had a premonition that something was amiss. Several hours later, he awoke to the sound of gunfire and bombs going off as government troops raided his village. Dau, one of the �...
In the wake of the Morecambe Bay tragedy, the British government has introduced new regulations to govern the gangmasters' trade. But in local Chinese communities, only a handful of leaders seem prepared to acknowledge the danger of the immigration racket. As Edward Murphy, the director of a refugee support charity...
This is not to say that Borat made Imus do it or to make excuses for Imus. Even in the midst of his apology tour last week, Imus did enough of that for himself, citing his charity work, his support of black Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr., even his booking...
Imus argued repeatedly that his critics should consider the "context" of his larger life, including the formidable work for sick children he does through his Imus Ranch charity. But it's not Imus Ranch he broadcasts from 20 hours a week. You can't totally separate the lives of celebrities...