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...continent, as few as 5% of Africans access the Internet, a percentage far lower than in Asia, Europe or the Americas. In only a handful of African countries do more than 1% of the population use broadband services. (Among OECD countries, broadband penetration averages 18%.) And the services that exist don't come cheap. Broadband costs more in sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else in the world: consumers in the region spent an average of $366 each month for speedier Internet access in 2006, according to the World Bank. Users in India, meanwhile, paid just...
...from a destructive relationship. Gossip may also simply be a way to gather useful and helpful information about our social worlds without direct and embarrassing inquiry. Gossip - or the fear of gossip - may in this way serve to enforce the social norms that are necessary for any group to exist. And, of course, gossiping with someone signifies that they are your confidante or friend - we do not gossip with our enemies. Gossip thus bonds people together - even though in doing so it may tear others apart...
Biden also benefits from the work of progressive groups like Roth's that didn't exist in 2004. Catholics United, for example, has developed a specialty in religious rapid response, blasting out a press release "Palin Attacks Catholic Community Organizing by Senator Obama" shortly after the GOP running mate's speech at the Republican convention. And some conservative Catholics are speaking out as well, venting their disappointment with Bush policies that have not reflected Catholic social teaching and with the Republican Party's focus on overturning Roe v. Wade as the only way to address the abortion issue. Douglas Kmiec...
...should play: Obama proposed tuition tax credits for college students who perform community service and the creation of additional public agencies to encourage volunteerism. "The government's gonna have a role," he said. "I think there are a lot of creative ways where we can provide more opportunities than exist right now." McCain, on the other hand, played up the role of the private sector. "Volunteer organizations that are completely separate from the government - have nothing to do with the government - are amongst the most successful," he said. "So let's not get entrapped by the idea that the government...
...visit to the southwest pilgrimage town of Lourdes - can make a real difference. "It will create a buzz, but I don't think it will create a very deep feeling of religion," said Guillaume de Galard, 32, exiting mass on a recent Sunday in downtown Paris. "It will only exist for his time he's here...