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...across Africa for a number of reasons. First, Mugabe is one of the last, and certainly the most prominent, old-style African despots, liberation heroes who quickly turned on their own people once in power and presided over catastrophic corruption, incompetence and human rights abuses. His departure, even a mere dilution of his power, would herald the end of an unhappy chapter in Africa's modern history. Second, the success or failure of South Africa in resolving the crisis is seen as a crucial test of Africa's ability to manage its own affairs. Third, ending the political dispute...
...least likely blockbusters in some time. Starring Eastwood as a crotchety widower living in Detroit's Highland Park neighborhood - a veteran of the Korean War who eyes his Hmong neighbors suspiciously and launches into racist tirades when provoked - Gran Torino was filmed on location in a mere five weeks on a slim budget of $35 million. The majority of its Hmong characters were played by nonprofessionals. In addressing such tumultuous issues as racial strife, gang warfare and urban blight, it can hardly be categorized as escapist entertainment...
...Indeed, there may be a deeper significance to Obama’s selection of Warren. The President-elect’s recent selection of openly gay Episcopal bishop V. Gene Robinson to give an inaugural prayer suggests that his invitation to Warren is one of mere courtesy, not an endorsement of the evangelical leader’s political views. In fact, there may be a distinct policy perogative at stake—winning younger evangelicals over to a more progressive position on gay rights. And there is reason for such hope as, despite Biblical injunctions, younger evangelicals are becoming more...
...There would also be less sensible ways to spend it. A trillion dollars' worth of bad ideas - sprawl-inducing highways and bridges to nowhere, ethanol plants and pipelines that accelerate global warming, tax breaks for overleveraged McMansion builders and burdensome new long-term federal entitlements - would be worse than mere waste. It would be smarter to buy every American an iPod, a set of Ginsu knives and 600 Subway foot-longs...
...when Hamas broke last year’s cease-fire? It is high time for the international community to draw the line on Hamas’ destructive behavior and realize that, until Hamas is out of power, Israel will be left with no other option than to defend its mere existence...