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...work. "Since neither Ukrainian nor Russian literature would claim me, I had to reconcile myself to being merely a part of world literature," Kurkov says now, safe in the knowledge that his adopted nation has finally accepted him. "Much as I reject ethnic nationalism, I'm all for a civic one," he says. Ukraine's various ethnicities can keep their country bound together, he believes, if they stick to their country's reputation for good-natured behavior. "A drinking bout in a Russian village ends in a bloody fistfight," Kurkov says. "In a Ukrainian one, it ends in loud singing...
...Although Republicans of the day cast the Progressives as radicals, in truth they were teachers and lawyers, farmers and small-town folk, urban reformers of every ilk, crusaders for peace and women's suffrage, champions of the little guy. They were less a movement than a catch basin for civic-minded men and women impatient with politics as usual but a bit frightened of Eugene V. Debs and his Socialist Party. While many Progressives could not see past their pet causes, T.R. managed to bring them together in a big tent held aloft by the idea that the government, which...
Americans have become experts at civic calculus since Sept. 11. Four years ago, about 60% of those polled said that a small abrogation of rights is an acceptable price for feeling--and perhaps being--a little safer, but recent polls put the number at 34%. While they may not want their own rights restricted, the real question is whether Americans care if the rights of their fellows--specifically the young American Muslims most likely to get caught in an aggressive prosecutorial dragnet--are abridged. Says Suskind, "The downside of overreaching is that it's not a judicious exercise of power...
...land-reclamation projects, but that ardor is cooling. Landfill has left Hong Kong with an ever-narrowing harbor, and the reclaimed land has frequently been used for roads and bus terminals rather than for parks or restaurants. "Hong Kong has a magnificent harbor," says Christine Loh, head of Civic Exchange, a Hong Kong think tank. "But actually it's pretty awful at the waterfront...
...like Bombay, where million-dollar apartments overlook million-population slums. For all its glitz, Bombay remains a temple to inefficiency. In 2003 it had one bus for every 1,300 people, two public parking spots for every 1,000 cars, 17 public toilets for every million people and one civic hospital for 7.2 million people in the northern slums, according to a report for the state government by McKinsey & Co. At least one-third of the population lacks clean drinking water, and 2 million do not have access to a toilet...