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...Uganda, where population is rising at 3.6%, the highest rate in the world. That's what Gen. Hayden is worried about - that bursting population will turn struggling nations like Uganda into basket cases, with political and environmental consequences for the rest of the world. For the U.S., the best option is vigorous foreign aid that helps make contraception safe, reliable and accessible in every country - too often women in the developing world who want to use contraception, can't get it. "The funding for contraception aid has been stagnant for decades," says Engleman. "Americans need to influence their government...
...implicit criticism of Bush that most stood out in this speech. "I will not permit eight long years to pass without serious actions on serious challenges," said McCain. His policies may not quite match his words, but McCain showed today that inaction on warming is no longer an option in presidential politics...
...arbitrariness of the distinction between weekday and weekend come exam time, HCL should keep Lamont open 24 hours a day on weekends as well. To rectify the gap between library hours and exam schedules, some argue that the College might choose instead to stop administering finals on Saturdays. This option would not be practical, however, as the absence of Saturday finals would cramp the already loaded finals schedule, resulting in more cases in which students have to take two finals on the same day. Rather than try to alter the exam schedule, it is time for a 24/7 Lamont during...
...undergraduate debt rose from $11,400 to $18,900. Since then, the amount of debt which students graduate with has continued to rise, significantly faster than the rate of inflation. For a student graduating with more than $20,000 of debt, a public service career is not a viable option. This is the very barrier that PSLRPs for undergraduates would seek to topple...
...That's why it's time to consider a more serious option: invading Burma. Some observers, including former USAID director Andrew Natsios, have called on the U.S. to unilaterally begin air drops to the Burmese people regardless of what the junta says. The Bush Administration has so far rejected the idea - "I can't imagine us going in without the permission of the Myanmar government," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday - but it's not without precedent: as Natsios pointed out to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. has facilitated the delivery of humanitarian aid without the host government...