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Success in populist politics depends on the party leader's jugular instinct for voter discontent. But can a populist party succeed without its leader? That's the dilemma facing List Pim Fortuyn (LPF), the second-largest party in the Dutch government, which formally presented its legislative program last week. Pim Fortuyn, the party's charismatic founder, shattered the comfortable consensus of Dutch politics with his critique of the mainstream parties and his tough talk on immigration. Since he was slain just days before last May's election, the LPF has been trying to plumb a line through rough leadership battles...
Ernani J. Dearaujo ’03, speakers director for HRC, echoes the dilemma faced by many of the club’s members...
...dead were murdered in a senseless act of violence, in what sense can they be considered heroes? This American dilemma is familiar to Israel, too. Should the victims of a suicide bomber be lionized as war dead, or mourned as the unfortunate victims of a freak accident? The honest answer is that the dead were murdered not in the service of their nation, but in going about their daily lives. They are not War Dead, but victims of murder, each of whom deserves a private, personal memorial from friends and family...
...route to action on Iraq raises a strategic dilemma for the Bush administration: Is the U.S. prepared to accept yes for answer? The Administration plans to call for a toughly worded Security Council resolution setting an ultimatum for the return of UN weapons inspectors to Iraq, and authorizing the use of force in response if Baghdad fails to comply. But if Saddam submits to inspection in order to avoid war, he potentially buys himself time and muddies the waters of legitimacy even if he plans to resume his cat-and-mouse game with inspectors. This is precisely the scenario Defense...
...lost--at least not yet. Even as Wilson and others warn of an impending Armageddon, conservation groups and scientists are devising innovative strategies for preserving broad swaths of rain forest, grassland, tundra and coral reef before they are swallowed by the global village. All face the fundamental dilemma: how to balance man's economic urgency with nature's ecological vulnerability...