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...been accused of doing too little to right the problems of indigenous Australians. Not any more: now he's being criticized for attempting too much, after announcing the most startling government intervention in Aboriginal affairs in decades. A week after an inquiry released its appalling findings on the rampant sexual abuse of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, home to 12% of Australia's 455,000 indigenous people, Howard on June 21 outlined a plan to tackle what he says is "akin to a national emergency." Just a few days later, Australian soldiers and police were preparing to move into...
Even more to the point, Harvard’s contemporary religious scene is both vibrant and complex. It is not the case that a vestigial religious minority, Protestant and Christian, continues to defend itself in the face of a rampant and pluralistic secularism. As a result of Harvard’s own changed admissions policies over the last thirty years, more religiously varied students than ever before now choose to practice their religions here; and many, the products of a secular generation of parents, actually discover religion here for the first time. They are either introduced to the traditions...
...Cambodia certainly suffers from rampant corruption. Furthermore, there has been little transparency in the awarding of exploration contracts to foreign oil companies. Longtime Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has dismissed concerns that oil will be anything other than a huge boon for his country. But for the poor farmers watching the oxen decline to feast at the Royal Plowing Ceremony, the promise of oil revenues must feel completely irrelevant to their hand-to-mouth lives. What will they do if a drought does indeed strike this year, and their rice shoots wilt in the tropical sun? If the sacred cows...
...Pedophilia is also rampant in Asia. In April, the Indian government released the results of a survey conducted in 13 states, which indicated that one in two children had been sexually abused, often by people familiar to them. Interpol warns against molesters masquerading as aid workers to get close to poor, orphaned children in the aftermath of natural catastrophes such as the 2004 tsunami. Even under normal circumstances, cultural norms and social structures complicate matters. Most Asian societies are both sexually repressed and respectful of elders-a double whammy when it comes to dealing with sex offenders. From a young...
...sometimes terrifying ones—and I was never bored. But because discussing one’s childhood always feels intensely personal, the quiet death of adventure stories, talking animals, and palpable magic feels like an exclusively personal phenomenon. Yet experiences of imagination-loss and general disenchantment are rampant. A slew of recent popular movies has taken up the theme, from gems like “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” to less sterling efforts like “Garden State” or “Along Came Polly.” They all share...