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...presentation about his feelings toward the United Nations and its role in the Rwandan genocide, Rusesabagina quietly rejected the possibility of effective international action on the part of the U.N.. “The United Nations has proved to be a failure—hopeless,” he said. “I cannot tell you that I have faith in the United Nations anymore.” Rusesabagina, who has received both the National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, ended his address with an emotional plea for action...
However gloomy, the outlook isn't yet hopeless. The Bush Administration's prewar vision of turning Iraq into a beachhead of democracy in the Arab world is indeed remote. But for all the rhetorical sniping on the campaign trail, Bush and Kerry agree with the consensus of policymakers and military commanders in Washington and Iraq: a significant reduction in the U.S. presence is impossible until a credible Iraqi government proves it can defend itself against an insurgency that is likely to persist for years. The range of plausible scenarios if the U.S. were to pull out includes an Islamic state...
...this column. Any student and baseball fan that values free time or the ability to fully concentrate on the rigors of a Harvard education might want to think twice before casually committing to play in a fantasy baseball league. The result of such involvement will likely be a hopeless addiction that takes precedent over all else once that first pitch crosses the plate in early April, an addiction more powerful than caffeine (you’ll be up at 4 A.M. scouring free agents for a power bat to sub into your anemic infield) or narcotics (you?...
...least, that’s how I help justify my own hopeless obsession, but I’m afraid the key word in regards to that justification is not Rotisserie, but fantasy...
...wouldn't think the man who made hismark in Washington as the knight-errant of campaign-finance reform and whose name is rarely written without the word maverick attached would ever meet a cause he deemed hopeless. But that was pretty much where Arizona Senator John McCain was a couple of weeks ago in his quest to transform the nation's immigration laws and set on the path to becoming citizens the estimated 11 million people who are here illegally. When the proposition had been tested, as recently as December in the House of Representatives, the result...