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...French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, also at the Munich conference, were silent on whether they would offer more troops. German Defense Minister Franz-Josef Jung told the conference that the priority in Afghanistan should be civic support. "We will not win by military means alone," he said. "There can be no development without security, but there can be no security without development either...
...only offer a lifeline to traditional media outlets but also nourish citizen journalists and bloggers. They have vastly enriched our realms of information and ideas, but most can't make much money at it. As a result, they tend to do it for the ego kick or as a civic contribution. A micropayment system would allow regular folks, the types who have to worry about feeding their families, to supplement their income by doing citizen journalism that is of value to their community...
...Thankfully, some evangelicals—including Warren, the author of “The Purpose-Driven Life”—have tried to change the tone of the debate. In 2004 the National Association of Evangelicals created the “Evangelical Call to Civic Responsibility,” which focused on social issues like poverty, AIDS, human rights, and the health of the environment. Other evangelicals—who believe just as strongly in the injunctions of Jesus Christ—have become eloquent spokesmen for the cause of peace...
...McCumber started Sixty Days, it seems, almost as a pre-emptive strike against other blogs that cover Seattle. "I'll be looking for ideas as we go along," he says. But he's not averse to batting the paper's eyelids at any civic-minded Seattleite with deep pockets. "[The P-I has] so many strengths," he wrote, "and I'm going to hammer relentlessly at them as the online infomercial part of this blog continues in coming days...
...Brother watching? A Department of Homeland Security program calls for the installation of around 180 surveillance cameras in the Boston metropolitan area, including eight in Cambridge—a prospect that has sown confusion and concern on the Cambridge City Council. In response, the Cambridge Civic Unity Committee, chaired by City Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, will be holding a meeting on Jan. 22 to discuss the surveillance program and to address community concerns. “The fact that [the cameras] were installed is news to me, and to most of my colleagues,” Decker said...