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...that way. If I write about a topic that's already on people's minds, those who start out agreeing with me think I'm brilliant and those who start out disagreeing with me think I just don't get it. The real power of the column is to make people spill their coffee, to put a new issue in front of them. I carry a huge spotlight and try to train it on a topic that's important but not on the agenda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Columnist Nicholas Kristof | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...were only shot in the leg" or "It was only your cousin." The truth is I know that if under the next tree I find someone who was shot in the side and lost two of their children, that's the kind of story that will make readers pay attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Columnist Nicholas Kristof | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...someone wants to make a difference, is it better to choose one cause and become fully invested - or to send what they can to a lot of causes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Columnist Nicholas Kristof | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...good to pick one issue or cause that speaks to you and then to get engaged. Write checks, sure, but maybe do more than that. If you can, go visit a project, write letters, volunteer. Really make it part of your life. When we wrote Half the Sky, we also set up Half the Sky to be a do-it-yourself toolkit for getting involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Columnist Nicholas Kristof | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

Ladies, get your red wine and ice-cream ready for the perfect blend of break-ups, make-ups, awkward moments, sex, new love, Queen Latifah, old love, Abercrombie models, tears, and Ashton Kutcher.  “Valentine’s Day” may not live up to the high-points of other ensemble romantic comedies such as “Love, Actually” or “He’s Just Not that Into You,” it will likely please you in a way that only Leonidas and Jake Sully can please...

Author: By David G. Sklar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Valentine's Day | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

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