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...most vibrant economy slipped, stripped the nation of its primary postwar identity as the world's great pacifist economic power. Now, China's rise seems to have changed the entire nation's thinking about how to conduct its affairs abroad. Polls show that a majority of Japanese are in favor of revising the constitution and nearly half want to abandon the provision against collective defense. Ross Schaap, Japan analyst at the Eurasia Group consultancy in New York, says changes to the electoral process in 1994 that required candidates to appeal more directly to individual voters than group constituencies such...
...open-backed platform, London's Routemaster bus has earned a place alongside Big Ben and Buckingham Palace as a British icon. Sadly, after nearly a half-century of loyal service since they first hit the roads in 1956, these old-fashioned double deckers are being phased out in favor of newer models that are more accessible to the elderly and disabled and don't require a bus conductor to check tickets. By 2006, there won't be a single Routemaster left on the capital's roads...
Several audience members said they thought the evening concluded in Spelke’s favor...
...As an evengelical conservative, I think Klein made a great point about the Schiavo case. In this instance, in which there was a caring family and a dispute over personal preferences, why didn't the judicial system favor life? On abortion, those of us who believe in federalism (states' rights) are nearly as offended by the process of judicial fiat as we are by the abortion procedure. I would accept legalized abortion if the people in my state voted for it--although I would work to have it banned in a future election. But the passion we conservatives display...
...learned German theologian in his youth, Benedict was instrumental in one of the great reforms of the Catholic Church, the Second Vatican Council—the reform movement that decisively brought the Church into the modern age. During this council, Benedict was a key progressive voice arguing in favor of reuniting the clergy with the laypeople and emphasizing the Vatican’s role in working with the faithful rather than its authority over them. He has remained consistent in this belief and others, though the ideological label applied to him has changed drastically over the years. His recent remark...