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...trickier. And, most importantly, in both Thailand and Indonesia, foreigners cannot own land. Expatriates have two choices. They can either lease land on a long-term basis, which means the value tends to depreciate as the years pass. Or they can set up legal structures in which a local person or company owns the land but usage rights are held by the foreigner. Although tens of thousands of expatriates have negotiated such deals, they can be at a disadvantage should a dispute occur with the local owner. And in Thailand, government officials over the past two years have hinted that...
Both Barack Obama and John McCain want to increase the 33,000-person U.S. military presence, but pacifying a country so large and unruly will require hundreds of thousands of troops that the U.S. doesn't have. And so no less a figure than General David Petraeus has endorsed a wholly different solution: negotiating with the Taliban. "You have to talk to enemies," Petraeus said on Oct. 8. "This is how you end these kinds of conflicts...
...Gamble House Pasadena, Calif., architects Charles and Henry Greene's hymn to woodwork celebrates its centennial this year. The warmth of the place is comforting, but the craftsmanship of the carpentry makes me want to be a better person...
DIED Richard Stephen Heyser, whose photos of Soviet nuclear-weapons sites ignited the Cuban missile crisis, once told the Associated Press that he was relieved not to have become the person who started World War III. As a U.S. Air Force major, Heyser flew the U-2 spy plane that took the famous pictures. Those photos prompted President John F. Kennedy to announce in October 1962 that the Soviet Union was building secret missile sites 90 miles (about 150 km) from Florida's coast. A tense standoff with the Soviets ensued. Heyser later won three Distinguished Flying Crosses...
...this should, theoretically, lay the groundwork for more black Democrats to follow Obama's lead in the future. But some cautious observers worry that an Obama loss would set a catastrophic precedent. The message will be, says Walters, the Maryland professor, "If you can't elect a black person for President in this atmosphere, where all the indicators point to the Democratic Party, including the economy...