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...Barron’s visit to Zimbabwe was more than just a token gesture to win political support. He went to advocate land redistribution. And when he talks about land reform he starts to make sense...
Mugabe is a hero to millions of Africans because he is the first leader in southern Africa to make real progress in redistributing land. His reform program takes land from white farmers, by force if necessary, and is supposed to give it to impoverished black Zimbabweans. Unfortunately this doesn’t always happen because the program is marred by corruption and cronyism. But Mugabe’s aggressiveness is nonetheless a welcome change for Africans who are tired of white farmers and white governments stalling on land reform...
...Though the saga is likely to drag on, many observers are betting that the Prime Minister will ultimately buckle, compro- mising on the plan's recommendations until they are impotent. Real reform, they say, is about as likely as the successful completion of that Hail Mary pass. "The reformers are on their own 25-yard line and the anti-reformers control the rest of the field," says Peter Ennis, editor of the Oriental Economist. For Koizumi, failure may mean the end of his last, best hope of being remembered as a great reformer. "If the latest round goes down poorly...
Kirby also fielded questions about the University’s sexual harassment policy, students’ participation on the Ad Board, ethnic and cultural studies, reform of honors, preregistration and divestment, among other things...
...need it.” As so many others have said in the past three days, he was unapologetic in his liberalism, in his caring and compassion and in his belief that the government’s role was to help the less fortunate. As he talked of welfare reform, single parents, union workers in the city and farmers in rural America, I always knew he spoke from the heart. Wellstone was king of the “good people” in Washington. He cared, and so should...