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...Perhaps we should take a minute to pull out our magnifying glasses and try to find the party that governed not so long ago. To foreign observers, the present state of U.S. politics may seem merely amusing, but the problem is a serious one—no country can function well under an essentially uni-partisan system. Democracy can only work in an environment of plurality and of checks and balances...
...Giuliani was repeatedly depicted as only qualified to fight terrorism, while other strong features of his program were downplayed or overlooked. Though he had an excellent track record of reducing crime, it was his economic ideas that made him seem like a seasoned accountant. He advocated a change of the tax code that would both simplify it and ensure that businesses would not be penalized for operating in the U.S. rather than abroad...
...struck me forcefully this year as I watched my three freshmen advisees grapple with the tough question of concentration choice. Some students, upon comparing their academic inclinations with the concentration offerings, are able to slide easily into a field. But others cannot, because the fit doesn’t seem right...
...receive 57 percent of the income. Income inequality in the US is presently at its highest recorded levels, exceeding even the Roaring Twenties. And while economic development in China has proceeded with astonishing rapidity, income is not evenly distributed; the prospects for conflict in that country as a result seem very high in the coming decades. These forces may increase the propensity to violence and mental illness, and perhaps even poor physical health, judging from a string of intriguing studies of the impact of income inequality on health...
There didn’t seem to be a path within the established organizations to make this impact, so I leapt out of the predictable world of banks and community foundations to work with a fledging entrepreneurial youth service organization that was always on the brink of insolvency. In my three and a half years at City Year, we grew from one site to six, from a leaky and cold donated wharf office to a renovated center city space, from an independent privately funded start-up to a member of Americorps, receiving over half of our funds from the federal...