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...other side. The solutions require broad-based changes to our political culture—from lessening the influence of money in politics, perhaps through publicly-financed elections, to further tightening rules governing lobbying and ethics. While none of this is easily achievable, the adverse consequences that can result from misguided foreign policy decisions should, at the least, prompt a vigorous debate about how we can best limit the influence of distorting lobbies on the U.S. government. Only then will foreign policy stop reflecting special interests and start reflecting the national...
...protests and demonstrations last spring, Chinese authorities charged the Tibetan spiritual leader with condoning, even encouraging, violence. As Gyari noted, Chinese officials were later forced to recognize the protests as “a strong expression of discontentment” on the part of the Tibetan people, not the result of an inflammatory religious influence. But more than a misplacement of blame, Gyari worried that severe prolongation in discussions would force the aging Lama to live his remaining days in exile in India. If this were to happen, he said, “it would take generations for the Tibetan...
...Florida boom of the past two decades, says Scher, "young people here grew up thinking this state was always flush, always on the upswing. Now there's a sense that something is burning here." Moller says he's seeing more Florida college seniors moving toward the Democrats as a result. "I feel like my dad did when he graduated in 1976," during another period of economic malaise, he says. "We feel fairly sure we won't be able to get a job out of college...
...affect the vote of Florida blocs like African-Americans and Latinos. Florida's 1.3 million registered black voters, so many of whom felt disenfranchised in the 2000 Florida recount debacle, were uninspired by Democratic candidate John Kerry in 2004 and are a question mark in 2008. As a result, "to a large degree we're counting on young African-Americans," who connect with Obama more readily than their parents or grandparents do, "to bring the black vote up to where we need it in Florida," says an Obama campaign official. Obama faces a tougher time with Latinos, who according...
...Despite its lock on an electoral majority, the ANC standing has slipped irrevocably in recent years as a result of a series of scandals over corruption, incompetence and abuse of power. Millions of black South Africans also remain afflicted by much the same poverty and squalor they endured under apartheid; the unemployment rate is 23.1% and rises far higher in many black townships. The ANC has long prided itself on its internal unity and discipline, but the Mbeki-Zuma power struggle has seen both factions cross traditional boundaries of acceptable conduct. Mbeki is accused of using the national prosecutor...