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...Nationalists and communists alike came to power through military victory, propagating a progressive ideology that was meant to correct the errors of the past. In each case, that ideology was not properly implemented or became outdated. Faced with the immense task of running a country as big and varied as China, Chiang tried to rule by issuing orders. Democracy was not on the agenda. Political power was to be exercised by the sole party on behalf of the people. That created a gulf between his government and those who found themselves kept outside the power structure, just as has been...
...Just as a stopped clock is correct twice a day, every so often Yale puts out a decent graduate like Howard Dean,” says Garrett M. Graff ’03, a press secretary for Dean and a former Crimson news executive...
...KSG’s decision not to display the flag was a correct and noble one. The KSG lacks the authority to presuppose a Palestinian state. Time will tell whether the Palestinian leadership and population can embrace liberal democracy and live peacefully with the Israel. Until that happens, however, the Palestinian flag will remain the symbol of the terrorist PLO—an icon that no responsible institution should ever feel the need to display...
WYSS: Generally, I think the policy was correct. Deficits do work. The best advice that was ever given to a politician was what Joseph told the Pharaoh--you store up the grain in the good years, and you use it in the bad years. But they are taking only half that advice this time...
...Indifferent Saudis Your analysis of Saudi Arabia was correct. The country's rulers are not reliable, they do not care about their people and they seem destined to lose power to an Islamic revolution [Sept. 15]. Only democracy and prosperity can beat Muslim fundamentalism. But do the Saudis want democracy? Why would they voluntarily give up their privileges and completely change their way of life, giving real freedom to women and minorities? Freedom for all is inconceivable to the Saudi rulers, who have absolute power and believe they always will. They do not care about the misery of common people...