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...policy side, it is the work I did on the U.N. I led investigations into the Oil-for-Food scam that Saddam Hussein perpetrated. That became part of a larger discussion on U.N. reform. My lament is that it hasn’t gone far enough—that the U.N. still needs reform. I believe we need a United Nations, but if we’re going to make that investment, we need greater transparency and accountability...
...This being Kenya, though, what at first glance appears an admirable austerity move has quickly fueled conspiracy theories and come to symbolize the government's inability to set priorities in the face of drought, food shortages and the lingering threat of political violence. Why, average Kenyans are asking, the Volkswagen Passat and not a Toyota, Honda or some other cheap and more widely available alternative? "To me, these guys are playing around with the minds of Kenyans," says Martin Kitunga, the 37-year-old senior mechanic at New World Auto in Nairobi. "Passat or Mercedes, it doesn't make that...
Many mornings, I have seen Lin with some of his very tall friends munching on breakfast food to help them jumpstart their day. Last weekend, I found myself among a hoard of women’s hockey players as I was trying to make a sandwich by the salad bar. And last night I was seated next to a round table populated by the men’s hockey team...
...Food-stamp beneficiaries aren't them--they...
JAMES WEILL, president of the Food Research and Action Center, on an analysis of 30 years of data that found nearly half of all U.S. children and 90% of black youths will have to depend on food stamps at some point in their childhoods...