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...little wonder that Botswana is the setting for Alexander McCall Smith's tales of contented Africa in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Thanks to the wealth in its soil coupled with a succession of honest and capable leaders, the country has gone through one of the most rapid economic transformations in recent history. It wasn't too long ago that Batswana children were schooled under trees and the country was so poor that its postindependence leaders famously told inquiring businessmen that there was "no point being corrupt." After years of consistent growth--Botswana since independence...
...Part of McCain’s appeal in 2000, and again in 2008, has been his frank, independent nature. McCain has built up a respected and honest career doing what he thinks is right and not worrying about how his actions might upset party leaders and the political hierarchy in Washington. McCain has come too far to abandon these character traits for a few more votes in the presidential campaign. Attacking Bush about Katrina might appeal to embittered or neglected citizens and students in New Orleans, but it is not worth sacrificing integrity...
...think often we have to look back to see where we've come from in order to know where we're going. Because if you take an honest evaluation of where you have come from, for one it's not as daunting. Some of our memory can play tricks on us. The reality can be bad, but it also can be liberating...
...change? It's not that the past four Presidents were simply more pious than their predecessors. Few would doubt the honest faith of Dwight Eisenhower, or Johnson, or Carter. It's that "God bless America," true to its presidential birth on that April evening in 1973, has grown to be politically expedient. The phrase is a simple way for Presidents and politicians of all stripes to pass the God and Country test; to sate the appetites of those in the public and press corps who want assurance that this person is a real, God-fearing American. It's the verbal...
...When people think of cutting edge research study on popular culture, they do not think of Harvard,” he said. Though its first year was a success, the future of ROFLCon has yet to be determined, according to organizers. “To be honest, we haven’t given that much thought to what to do next year,” Hwang said. For others, the better question is not what next year holds in store, but why ROFLCon wasn’t organized until this year. “It just makes too much sense...