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That's terrible advice for a kid. But it's in line with those who think of Obama as a messiah who can give black people some manners, a God-child descending from the heavens to teacheth benighted African Americans the virtues of books and proper English and the evils of Pacman Jones and blaming the white man. It pains me to deliver this sobering news to those who think Obama will wave his hand and erase whole ghettos: Barack Obama is a black President, not black Jesus...
...Obama Administration. It represented 18% of the Chinese gross domestic product, the equivalent of a $2.4 trillion program in the U.S. Of course, China has bigger problems to solve than we do. Its social safety net is made of tissue; vast sums will be needed to establish a proper health-care and pension system. But much of the $586 billion will also be spent on investments to jump-start China's next economic expansion - investments in transportation, education, communications and energy. (See TIME's special report on the environment...
...Government Accountability Office (GAO) said last year that the San Antonio's woes began because the Navy relied on "immature" computer blueprints that infected its entire construction. That led to delays that cost up to five times what it would have if the work had been done in proper sequence. The GAO found that the ship had been "delivered to the war fighter incomplete and with numerous mechanical failures," including "safety concerns related to personnel, equipment, ammunition, navigation and flight activities." Navy officials say the leaking oil that forced the San Antonio into port in Bahrain poses no safety threat...
Yesterday was the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War, as well as American citizens’ annual opportunity to pay their respects to the sacrifices made by their military. Certainly, it is only proper to designate a specific occasion to honor people who placed themselves in such close proximity with death, injury and emotional distress in service to their country. But while the act of remembrance is one heavy with contemplation and respect, Veterans’ Day must also offer the opportunity for deeper, critical judgments about war and the way we remember...
...individuals, despite the Bush Administration's arguments otherwise. But the legal limbo many Guantánamo detainees have endured for years still poses significant problems. That is because the primary purpose of detaining these people was not to stage trials but rather to gain usable intelligence through interrogation. Forming proper criminal cases at this point would be difficult...