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...very latest instance of French praise for America—Alexis de Tocqueville’s 1835 masterpiece Democracy in America—the author notes the remarkable “equality of conditions?? in the United States and connects America’s socioeconomic equality to our democratic blessings. “By no possibility could equality ultimately fail to penetrate into the sphere of politics as everywhere else,” de Tocqueville wrote at that time. (Incidentally, a 2002 study of New World societies by the National Bureau of Economic Research backs him up, observing...
...stormy night in the spring of 1968, a weary Martin Luther King Jr. was summoned to Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn. Striking sanitation workers—demanding higher wages and better working conditions??had gathered at the church for a rally, and King was asked to address the people. He had just flown into town that afternoon from Atlanta. Rain pounded on the roof and shutters flapped violently in the wind as King made his way to the podium near the center of the church, according to records of the event...
...debt sustainability” as the ratio of a country’s annual exports to its debt burden, a problematic metric which renders impoverished nations such as Haiti, Bangladesh, and Nigeria ineligible for assistance. If a country receives HIPC status it must then agree to strict macroeconomic conditions??such as limits on government spending—which are intended to keep deficits low and inflation down. In practice, however, these constraints often force indebted nations to impose user fees on health and education services, making them inaccessible for many citizens. Perhaps the most glaring failure...
...their units and that they did not plan to reenlist. One-third said they would characterize the war in Iraq as having little or no value. On Wednesday, Reuters reported the Army’s disclosure that at least 13 soldiers have committed suicide in Iraq. Despite these conditions??Bush, who himself avoided serving in Vietnam—saw fit to egg on attacks against American troops with his infamous call to “Bring ’em on.” The troops, including many Army reservists and National Guard units, are anxious to return...
Though the squad has practiced regularly, race conditions??complete with the rush of adrenaline and the pressure of competition with other boats—have been lacking...