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...relationship with China. Obama has a chance to right the relationship - his understated, consensual style will play well in Beijing, and he will probably try to get China into big-power clubs such as the G-8. Yet the combination of a Democratic President and a Democratic Congress may mean China hawks on Capitol Hill will feel bold enough to smack Beijing on Tibet and other human-rights issues...
...become a free trader. Yet a regionwide free-trade area will eventually be Asia's future. Obama needs to embrace that, while simultaneously investing in American job retraining and working with internationalist elements of his party to convince average Democrats that, in the long run, retreating from trade will mean retreating from U.S. power. If Obama leaves a country cut off from Asia as his poisoned legacy, any other regional accomplishments will matter little...
...best interest of wealth to be, in part, spread. It is, after all, not money but the movement of money that produces more money. Deeper pockets across the country mean more that can be spent by consumers. In any case, during the past eight years we have been redistributing wealth - from our kids, and theirs, to the upper few percent on the economic ladder with little or none trickling down to the common man the GOP purports to speak for. Dan Thompson, Union...
...When you said in your victory speech that New Zealanders had voted for a "more ambitious" country, what did you mean? We are 22nd out of 30 countries in the OECD for average income. I think that is grossly inadequate. We're on the edge of Asia, which arguably will be the fastest-growing region in the world for the next decade or two. We've got to be able to do a lot better...
...Explorer backpack - 24% c) 10 shots of Smirnoff should keep me warm till halftime - 51% 3. What time do you plan to go to the Game? a) 30 minutes early to get a good seat - 40% b) Halftime - 36% c) Never making it past the tailgate...what do you mean there’s no tailgate? Does this mean we have to watch the game? - 24% 4. Outfit for the Game a) The classic: Harvard hat, Crimson Crazies t-shirt, and Harvard hoodie - 87% b) Old school: Overcoat, Grey suit, white shirt, and Grandpa’s Harvard bowtie...