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Much ink has been spilled in description of the decline of the stature of America and the West in the eyes of the rest of the world. Anyone seeking some form of explanation for the sorry state of America’s (and, to a lesser extent, the rest of the western world’s) international reputation need look no further than widely-circulated pictures of westerners imbibing just a stone’s throw from calamity. Most of those who resent the United States do so not out of impatience at the American snubbing of diplomacy...
...that if they are consuming more apples and buying more cars they are better off.? There are efforts to devise a new economic index that would measure wellbeing gauged by things like satisfaction with personal relationships, employment, and meaning and purpose in life, as well as, for example, the extent new drugs and technology improve standards of living...
...small car selling on sex appeal? Call it the return of pipsqueak chic. Small cars were supposed to have been bullied off the road by now, and to some extent they have been, with sales falling over the past few years as Americans traded up to SUVs and roomier, performance-enhanced sedans and minivans. With gas prices up nearly 70% since 2002, however, and a crackdown on tailpipe emissions looming in California, automakers are preparing a blitz of downsized models, from hatchbacks to wagons and minivans; even a pint-size Jeep is in the works. "There...
...Bush administration had hoped that the Sunnis would recognize that by staying away from the polls, they were denying themselves any influence over the shaping of the new Iraq, and that this would force them to reconsider. But that reasoning only holds to the extent that Sunnis believe that January 30 will be the last word on Iraq's political future. Clearly they don't, as a result of the insurgency, and the talk of finding formulae to accommodate the Sunnis if they stay away. Indeed, the calls for postponement of the elections by moderate Sunni elements such as acting...
...more female students than men for the first time in Harvard’s history, and women arguably play a more active role socially and extracurricularly on campus than ever before. But in the crucial and delicate arena of tenure, Harvard is lagging behind—and the extent of the problem is embarrassing...