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...Root of Kenya's Chaos As a Kenyan, I was troubled by "The Demons That Still Haunt Africa," which distorted the situation in Kenya either out of ignorance or in keeping with the Western media's romance with the bleak face of Africa [Jan. 21]. The postelection skirmishes in Kenya are not a natural consequence of poverty. Kenyans have been poor but peaceful for decades. Rather, the protests are the language of the weak against a regime that rigged itself into power. Second, tribalism is not new; it started with the imperial British driving wedges between people to facilitate colonization...
What makes the unrest in Kenya most alarming is that its root causes are maladies that still plague other, less stable African states. The first is poverty. Despite Kenya's overall economic growth, 58% of its people are poor (defined as living on $2 or less a day). U.N. studies show that the gap between rich and poor is wider in Africa than anywhere else in the world. Despite the continent's recent economic growth, the number of its poor grew from 288 million in 1981 to 516 million...
...students from that secondary school—regardless of whether an applicant has committed an infraction and no matter how qualified an applicant is. Withholding disciplinary records may help a few students in the short-run, but it does so at a tremendous expense. That being said, the root of the problem is the hyper-competitive culture of college admissions, which has bred the notion that only perfect, blemish-free applicants will be admitted. Harvard students know this is false. Some of our most interesting and accomplished peers have overcome mistakes in their pasts. The Admissions Office should...
...weird thing," says Edward Hirt, an Indiana University psychology professor who has studied fan behavior. "Fans' emotions are often conflicted, which is even surprising to themselves. The Pats offer a kind of win-win situation. You can root against them, but you kind of wouldn't mind seeing a perfect season. And if they lose, you'll enjoy seeing them get their comeuppance." As for that drab, villainous coach everyone supposedly despises: Belichick's trademark hooded sweatshirt is now the top-selling Patriots merchandise item. The hoodie! "I wish I was getting a cut of the sales," says a smiling...
There are encouraging signs that New Urbanism is beginning to take root in American design. The U.S. Green Building Council has begun using a pilot system called LEED Neighborhood Design (LEED-ND), which will include location and transportation use in its green ratings. Duany and his peers in the movement are helping city and town planners to dismantle the postwar zoning regulations that helped make the car king, and you can find New Urbanist projects sprouting across the country...