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...deny the honesty, soberness and austere public life of Singh. But there are also inabilities and inefficiencies that could work against him. Political problems may outweigh Singh's good personal qualities. India needs a firm initiative to establish political consensus. Mere advice to the political parties is not enough. Singh's humility and avoidance of personal publicity are exemplary and should be a permanent rule for all politicians. He should, however, have the courage to introduce compulsory family-planning legislation. A bold and decisive Singh will take India on a path of development and prosperity. Madhu Agrawal New Delhi...
While foreign students can’t vote, there is some consensus among international students when it comes to their hypothetical vote, according to Robert I. Rotberg, director of the Program on Interstate Conflict and Conflict Resolution at the Kennedy School...
...Moms” catapulted Bill Clinton to the White House, the TV talking heads and political pundits have spent each election cycle searching for the swing demographic that will determine the outcome. In 2000, Bush won by courting “Nascar dads,” this year the consensus among political professionals is that it’s “security moms” that will pick our next President. In all three debates, both candidates made targeted appeals to these voters. All this focus on “security moms,” however, may be obscuring...
...commanders and Bush Administration officials have been united in their insistence that they have enough troops to win the war, despite the fact that parts of the country have slipped out of the control of the U.S. and its Iraqi allies as the insurgency has grown in ferocity. The consensus seemed to crumble last week, when L. Paul Bremer III, former top U.S. official in Iraq, told a West Virginia audience that "we never had enough troops on the ground" to prevent the looting and chaos that wracked Baghdad after the U.S. invasion last spring. Bremer later scrambled to amend...
...Powerful Fantasy" [Sept. 27] was accurate and frightening. It was scary not because President Bush is living in a fantasy world but because so many Americans are blindly following him. The Republican strategy to win this election is to incessantly spread fear. From NASCAR dads to security moms, the consensus seems to be that they don't care whether Bush is lying to them. They will wrap themselves in that dishonesty like a security blanket because they want to feel safe. If dads and moms want to truly protect their children, however, they should start acting like responsible adults...