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...hadn't expected a complete rejection of what has been U.S. policy for the past 10 years." STEPHEN GOOSE, director of the arms-control division of Human Rights Watch, on the Bush Administration's refusal to join 150 nations signing an anti-land mine treaty...
Outsourcing isn't the only jobs issue the Bush White House has uncharacteristically bumbled lately. Another political land mine exploded when the 417-page Economic Report of the President, sent to Congress under Bush's signature, delivered the staggeringly optimistic forecast that the economy would create millions of jobs this year. When asked about the prediction, Bush backed away, avoiding a question about the number after his Treasury Secretary and Commerce Secretary cast doubt upon it. Yet another section of the report raised the important question of whether making a sandwich at a fast-food restaurant (some assembly required) should...
Funded by the State Department and trained by Italian national police, their ranks are barely sufficient to patrol six of Iraq’s 18 provinces, and their presence has thus far proved little more than an annoyance to hardened looters. Iraq is a mine of ancient treasures, with over 100,000 archaeological sites, only a tenth of which are registered. Even when fully trained and mobilized, the 2,000 armed police will be a barely-serviceable deterrent...
Last week while lunching in Annenberg, a young man approached me and did the unspeakable. Though not a friend of mine, or even an acquaintance, this bold stranger had the courage to sit down and join me for lunch. Even more surprising, we carried on an interesting conversation; and now, I can say this young man is my friend...
...thefacebook.com isn’t explicitly about bringing people together in romantic unions, there are plenty of other primal instincts evident at work here: an element of wanting to belong, a dash of vanity and more than a little voyuerism probably go a long way in explaining most addictions (mine included). But most of all it’s about performing—striking a pose, as Madonna might put it, and letting the world know why we’re important individuals. In short, it’s what Harvard students do best. And that?...