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...Obama has moved his own positions toward those of his top counterterrorism adviser. And Brennan is ready to fight for those, even against some members of Obama's political team in internal Administration debates. But if Brennan has won the debate inside the White House, he faces a tougher sell to the general public. Can he convince Americans that putting terrorism suspects into FBI custody, giving them lawyers and closing down Guantánamo Bay is going to make the country safer? If Barack Obama hasn't been able to do that, it's hard to see how John Brennan...
...this week's events, don't fret: Harvard Hillel is accepting pre-orders for the "Challah for Haiti," and you can still show your House pride by donating to earthquake relief efforts on the Harvard for Haiti site. Also, several Harvard organizations are sponsoring a drive to sell roses and donate proceeds to Haiti relief. Orders can be placed here...
More than sanctions, International Criminal Court threats, or World Bank and United Nations action, today businesses can do the best job of advocating for human rights. In acting on this principle, Google demonstrates its commitment to a fairer world. It has shown that besides selling a highly effective search engine, it can also sell egalitarian ideas...
...begin with, it holds more than $1 trillion in U.S. assets, mainly in U.S. Treasuries. No other country or entity in the world could absorb those assets if China wanted to sell them, and with China's currency value pegged to the dollar, any massive sale would lead to a steep decline in the Chinese currency and economy. China's holding of U.S. debt is leverage only in a theoretical world where it could dump its U.S. assets or stop buying more. What's more, even a hobbled America is the world's largest economy and the most significant market...
...hottest commodity on the streets of Petion-ville is a tent. I think back to the $34.99 I paid at Target for my tent as I was preparing to make my way down to Haiti to visit my family and report on the earthquake's destruction. Now tents can sell on the street for a hundred dollars each, if you can find one. One woman says she'd been walking all day looking for one. She was dressed in a tight spandex lime green shirt, her hair neatly coiffed. She said she offered a man 1,500 Gourdes...