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...money. Deeper pockets across the country mean more that can be spent by consumers. In any case, during the past eight years we have been redistributing wealth - from our kids, and theirs, to the upper few percent on the economic ladder with little or none trickling down to the common man the GOP purports to speak for. Dan Thompson, Union...
...their substantial power. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told the New York Times recently that she once said to European leaders, "Can we take the trans-Atlantic relationship off the sofa? And stop analyzing it and analyzing whether it's healthy, and actually put it to work in common causes?" She has a point...
Europe's Challenges In the wake of the Georgian weekend war this summer, and amid the usual bellicose speechifying by Russian leaders, finding common ground between Russia and Europe will not be easy. But it is important to make a start, because the risk of alienating Moscow is a real and dangerous one. And as Joe Joffe argues in the accompanying essay, when talking to Russia, Europe is stronger than its behavior would often suggest...
...live peacefully in the "common house" of Eurasia, especially after two hot world wars and one cold one, is of course a perfectly rational desire. But a desire is not a strategy, and that is where Europe sells itself short. The E.U. has a population around three times larger than Russia's. Its GDP dwarfs Russia's by a factor of 12. And the 27 members of the E.U. heavily outspend Moscow on defense...
...pursuing suitable social space. The Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) will be used this Friday by the First-Year Social Committee to host the Freshman Dance Party, and, if all goes well, the MAC might be used again by student groups in the future. University Hall is also tasking the Common Spaces Steering Committee with exploring large party space in Cambridge. The Houses should do their part in coordination with University Hall and be more open to allowing student groups to use House space. Smart renovations could make many House spaces more conducive to smaller parties to accommodate students with small...