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...cause of our problems - too many people. This nettle must be grasped. China has been excoriated for its one-child policy, and certainly there are faults with the policy. However, unless the rest of the world joins together in addressing this growing threat to our survival, all talk of human rights is specious. Many people talk of saving the planet. What they really mean is saving it as a comfortable habitat for the human race. The planet and many other species will do just fine even if we destroy ourselves. James Cope, BLAIRGOWRIE, SCOTLAND...
...policy. In July, the state announced plans to go further, eliminating fee-for-service entirely within five years and mandating global care statewide. Similar plans are ramping up in Minnesota and Wisconsin. "We're going to do this incrementally," says JudyAnn Bigby, Massachusetts' secretary of health and human services. "We want to increase pay-for-performance first and episode payments next." Is five years enough to make the transition entirely? Bigby concedes she doesn't know. "No one's ever done this," she admits...
...weary dissidents and opposition leaders of Tbilisi call it the Show, the ready display of virility and political kinetics that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili reserves for the many visitors whose good opinion he seeks. "I'm sure you'll be charmed," says Tinatin Khidasheli, a human-rights lawyer who is a leader of the opposition Republican Party of Georgia, over espresso and cigarettes at the brand-new Radisson Tbilisi. "Everyone always...
...think faith is a basic, irrefutable human need,” he said, drawing from his years of working with Harvard students. “There is a hunger… for something beyond our capacity to be manipulated...
...think that faith is a basic, irrefutable human need,” he said. “You can’t live without...