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...What issues are being ignored in this campaign? A. The whole idea of freedom, diversity and choice inside the electoral arena is a major issue, especially as the overwhelming power of commercial money in our elections has drawn the two parties into more and more of a convergence on corporate-power issues. One metaphor for [my] campaign could be the tugboat campaign, pushing candidates toward the harbor of the people and away from the harbor of giant corporations...
...think you’d have to say that the economic buyout hastened her departure.” ‘THE KIND YOU HATE TO LOSE’Greenhouse’s long career at the Times has not gone unmarked by controversy.The reporter has drawn criticism in the past for speaking out on issues related to her coverage. In 1989, after participating in a march in support of abortion rights, Greenhouse was cited by the paper’s Washington editor as having “acknowledge[d] that this was a mistake.” The Times...
...less orthodox methods. According to one popular story, the Lapindo drilling may have angered a spirit living in a tree near the eruption site. Such beliefs have an enduring appeal in this part of Indonesia, where religion is a syncretic mix of Islam and animism, and Lusi has drawn mystics from Bali and Borneo, who have sacrificed chickens, monkeys and even a cow to mollify the upset spirit. The government's engineering team has tried similar tactics; a spokesman says the group has hired diviners to pray for rain to wash the mud away...
...despite this nontraditional focus, Page—who has been holding the service for three weeks—says that filling seats on Sunday evenings has been a challenge, and so far each service has drawn only about 15 to 30 students...
...founding father—whether or not this was Buckley’s intention at all. Such were his charms. Similarly, while conservatism erodes today as a practical governing philosophy, a shell of the monolith that Bill built, it is alive and well for its faithful, who were always drawn to it more as a cultural religion than an active political ideology...