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...Nation Books; 298 pages...
...roads, stadiums and hotels have been built in Cape Town and other parts of South Africa for the World Cup. "The rainbow nation," as Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls it, has pulled out all the stops to be ready for the big event. I have a long personal connection to South Africa, having written one book about the country, and then, in the 1990s, I had the great privilege of working with Nelson Mandela on his memoirs. I'm looking forward to being in Cape Town for both the Global Forum and the World Cup, which we will cover with...
Thank you for a very informative cover story on the Haitian tragedy [Jan. 25]. As an American, I was proud to read about the role the U.S. military is playing in rebuilding this nation. President Obama and Congress should offer potential enlistees in all branches of the armed services the option to be sent only to Haiti. There are many Americans who may not support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who would surely enlist in a volunteer effort to help assist Haitians recovering from the horrible earthquake...
...side, Justice John Paul Stevens' 90-page dissent spoke admiringly of McCain-Feingold and shuddered to imagine the influence that big corporations and Big Labor might exercise over politics in the absence of such efforts. The ruling, he wrote, "threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions across the nation...
...course, as one of the key leaders on NAFTA and tackling our trade deficit, Bob will be remembered, I also believe, as one of the most effective Commerce Secretaries in our nation's history. He was an aggressive advocate for HDTV and other communications technologies 20 years before they became popular. And he was a tough negotiator on trade deals with South Korea, India and the European community...