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...while a tenth of the 87 million population seeks work abroad. Corruption watchdog Transparency International ranks the Philippines near the bottom of its corruption index, alongside Nepal and Rwanda. The N.P.A. promotes communism as the only cure for the Philippines' many ills, but even Filipinos who reject its cause still share its grievances...
...Whether or not it has seated a new government, Belgrade will almost certainly reject Ahtisaari's plan in full. Leaders across the political spectrum agree that Kosovo shouldn't be allowed to secede, and Serbia's new constitution adopted last November proclaimed the province an "essential part of Serbia's territorial integrity...
...goes, and it suggests that while Presidents take the initiative, the Legislative Branch has the ultimate say. But when it comes to warmaking, that homely aphorism is dead wrong. President Bush has proposed sending more troops to Iraq. In theory, it is now up to Congress to ratify or reject his request. But neither the Constitution's genius nor more than two centuries of experience have managed to make this a contest between equals. As has happened so often in the past, Congress will once again be struggling to punch above its weight...
...problem of religious literacy is so great that it is oftentimes not even recognized. Ask yourself: How many Harvard students can explain the difference between a Shiite and a Sunni? How many understand why most Americans reject Darwinian evolution? Probably—and sadly—not many. But this sort of knowledge is essential to understand today’s world. Religion is not, as Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker wrote, an “American anachronism.” If anything, it is Harvard that needs explaining in our persistently religious global society...
...focus on the tally of science versus humanities requirements in the Gen Ed report. “[The report] is trying to break down our narrow parochial barriers,” Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Genetics Andrew Murray said. Murray also said that professors should not reject the “what does it mean to be a human being” requirement simply because it could contain both science and humanities courses.“This entire division between the categories, the critique that you can’t mix and match them...is everything that?...