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...idea that Obama will not protect Israel’s right to exist is, however, simply wrong. Americans who strongly support Israel should have no qualms whatsoever about also supporting Obama for president...
...Moreover, supporting Israel is not just a Republican value. As the sole democracy in the Middle East—and also the only country in the region to protect gay rights and equality for women—Israel shares much in common with the Democratic platform. Furthermore, Obama’s unwavering support for Israel may convince those left of center who have their doubts to reconsider their points of view...
...fled neighboring Rwanda to escape justice for their role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The Congolese government has repeatedly promised to disarm the militias, to little effect. On the other side, Kagame, an ethnic Tutsi, has ties to the eastern Congolese rebels. That group says it is fighting to protect ethnic Tutsis in Congo who have been persecuted by both the Congolese government and the Hutu militias...
...Obama probably regrets, he actually put it well, avoiding the suggestion of envy or class war, which are the usual accusations about such talk. Spreading it around is "good for everybody," he says. And who disagrees? Or would you like to live behind locked gates and hire guards to protect your family from kidnapping, as in places where they spread it around even less than here...
...Chivian, who won the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in co-founding International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, said that more than 50 percent of prescribed medicines come from natural sources or are patterned after natural sources. He said that compounds found in cone snails protect brain cells from death when deprived of blood flow, for example, which may be useful for people with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. Chivian said he believes that benefits for humans in preserving biodiversity might move both the general public and public policy makers...