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...mindedness, its just plain wrong. Israel’s humanitarian, technological, medical, and scientific contributions must also be mentioned in any balanced debate. Their consistent omission in the academic rhetoric is what makes it so easy for the public to see Israel’s wrongs in unduly high relief. Even worse, when activists like Matory are not too busy condemning Israel, their relative silence on other human rights tragedies like Darfur speaks volumes...
...varsity race, however, reignited the winning streak, with a dominant performance from start to finish, a relief after last year’s slightly disappointing second-place showing for the varsity...
...realized, if freedom doesn't put food on the table, people will embrace tyranny. That's why the Truman Administration conceived the Marshall Plan: to help the fragile democracies of Western Europe improve their people's lives. Today the rich world needs to do something similar--provide the debt relief, open markets and foreign aid that really make a difference in a poor country. A couple of weeks ago, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama led the way by proposing that the U.S. double its foreign-aid spending by 2012. In the wake of Iraq, sending more taxpayer dollars abroad doesn...
...helpless damsel? Seeing Snow White turn from cream puff into kick-ass fury in Shrek the Third--launching an army of bluebirds and bunnies at the bad guys to the tune of Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song--is more than a brilliant sight gag. It's a relief to parents of girls, with Disney's princess legacy in their rearview mirrors and Bratz dolls and Britney up ahead. It goes hand in hand with a vast genre of empowered-princess books (Princess Smartypants, The Princess Knight) for parents who'd rather their daughters dream of soccer balls than royal balls...
...million jobs. We had public services that people thought were incapable of reform, that were neglected and underinvested, and we've doubled the investment as a result of economic growth. They forget also that he's brought peace to Northern Ireland, that we've led the world in debt relief, in tackling HIV/AIDS and poverty in the poorest countries and, at the same time, while he didn't go out to achieve this, we've been at the forefront of helping international endeavors in a whole range of different continents...