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Europe's commitment to human rights, the empowerment of women, combating child labor, civil rights, freedom of speech, and the protection of natural resources is not just a Western hobbyhorse. These are universal values derived from the ancient wisdom of Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews and Christians, and are based on the lessons from our own painful history. No sustainable economic order can disregard these basic values, and the citizens of Asia and Europe will demand them ever more clearly and ever more urgently...
...even with the President's affirmation, Holder was fighting a losing battle. The public backlash against a civilian KSM trial had already cost the White House the support of many Democratic leaders in New York. Republicans, meanwhile, were busy turning Holder into the poster child for White House weakness on terrorism, and some polls showed that most Americans agreed with them. "The only two people who still believe in civilian trials," says one of the meeting's attendees, "are Holder and the President."(See the top 10 unfortunate political one-liners...
...wife Cassandra into a best-of-three contest using a method that depends on my genetically inherited lack of rhythm. But with just a vial of spit each from Cassandra, myself and Laszlo, I could find out with DNA-lab-tested certainty which of us had influenced our child more. And for those of you worried about our putting him through this, know that the one thing babies look kindly upon donating is their drool. Especially when your last bodily request was for their foreskin. (See How You Can Change Your Genes...
...March 15, President Obama unveiled his plan for reforming the nation's education system. The bulk of the plan, which looks to overhaul George W. Bush's frequently criticized No Child Left Behind law, advances the bold ideas with which this Administration has already become closely associated. The President wants to link billions of federal dollars to initiatives like ending the achievement gap between white and nonwhite students, evaluating teachers and awarding performance bonuses to principals and teachers who've earned them. On the basis of what we know has worked in New York City with our 1.1 million schoolkids...
...courtroom gave the impression that Hutaree was more ragtag than a fearsome killing machine. Brittany Byrant, 18, the fiancé of Stone's son David Jr., said the FBI was gruff during the raid, pointing guns to her head and ordering her to put her six-month-old child on the floor. "He wasn't racist," Bryant said of her fiancé, as she sat in the last row of the courtroom. "I have friends who are Arabic and colored, and David didn't care." Next to her was Donna Stone, the elder man's former wife and the mother...