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...former presidential candidate, he is widely respected on Capitol Hill. Known for his outspokenness in the Senate, he has earned a moniker as the chamber’s “liberal lion.” But he has also shown an assured pragmatism and a willingness to reach across the aisle—including on a sweeping immigration reform proposal last year, co-sponsored with the Republican John McCain...
...sense, the Catholic Church has long embodied the attributes of globalization that now engage Blair. Long before there were multinational companies, long before there were global NGOs like M?decins Sans Fronti?res, long before there were international organizations like the U.N., there were religions-communities of faith with a global reach, whose adherents tramped from one end of the earth to the other, saving souls. To be sure, in their zeal to convert, missionaries often mixed faith with cruelty, as Spain's blood-drenched conquest of Mexico in the name of God abundantly proved. But as Nayan Chanda of the Yale...
...pressing for new federal guidelines to make the adoption process color-blind. The welfare-reform bill approved by the House includes a financial penalty for states that delay or deny an adoption because of race, but the Senate has yet to debate the issue. Until the two chambers reach a compromise, the operative law is the Multiethnic Placement Act, which allows state agencies to consider race when making placements...
...attempt to radically re-engineer Evangelicalism's huge missionary culture, connecting individual churches in the U.S. to congregations in target countries rather than funneling aid and evangelism through agencies that send trained professionals into the field. One of the coalition's theoretical benefits would be efficiency; another would be reach, since tiny churches exist in places that even the most dedicated missionary professionals don't get to. Originally, Warren was aggressive in his critique of the big missionary agencies - but more recently, it has seemed likely that he will cooperate with them...
...power to tackle global warming unless we create a coalition that extends well beyond traditional white-collar greens. Touting green-collar jobs can convince skeptical, blue-collar Americans that they have an economic stake in curbing climate change. It's far from certain that green-collar jobs will ever reach the critical mass that supporters like Angelides hope, but any idea that can bring Obama, McCain and Clinton together can't be all bad - and it may help bring the rest of us together...