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...Just as likely, in fact, is that a center-left government could disintegrate over economic policy, with the coalition partners divided between market-oriented reformers and those on the far left who want to redistribute income and return to more of a state-run economy. And so while the former economics professor begins to crunch the hard numbers of a narrow victory, the larger-than-life figure on the world stage will have to give up the privileges and prestige that came with being Prime Minister, heavy lifting...
...such conduct, but merely refuses to grant it a special state subsidy. Based on these cases, then, it seems likely that revoking the state tax-exempt status of institutions that discriminate based on sexual orientation would pass constitutional muster. If discrimination is truly as fundamental to these organizations’ missions as they claim, they would be perfectly free to put their money where their mouth is, so to speak, and forgo special tax treatment. With the extra tax revenue thus collected, Massachusetts could augment its non-discriminatory state-run adoption services more than enough to compensate for the Catholic...
When Ang Lee thanked "everybody in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China" last week while accepting a Best Director Oscar for his gay-cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain, the mainland returned the love. The state-run China Daily called Lee "the pride of the Chinese people all over the world" and "the glory of Chinese cinematic talent." But it ignored the fact that Lee was born and raised in Taiwan, which China considers a breakaway province. Lee's shout-out to his fellow Taiwanese was excised from the mainland broadcast of the Oscars?as was a speech on gay love, which...
...CLOSED. BINGDIAN, a weekly supplement to the state-run China Youth Daily newspaper; in Beijing. The popular four-page section, known for its aggressive reporting on official corruption and inequality, was apparently shut down after running an essay questioning interpretations of national history taught in Chinese schools. Bingdian editor Li Datong wrote a widely distributed letter criticizing the closure, claiming it "seriously violated and trampled upon the [Communist] Party's constitution and political standards," and pledged to file an appeal with the government...
...regime. In 2000, veteran Egyptian democracy activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim was jailed on charges of accepting and misusing funds from foreign sources to support his research and monitoring work. Like Ibrahim, whose conviction was later overturned-after some pressuring from the U.S.-Nour was vilified in Egypt?s influential state-run media. Again, the U.S. is demanding that Nour be released. But the Egyptian government says that the arrest is in no way politically motivated...