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...full spate. Medvedev has also frequently railed against corruption in Russian public life. He has made a point of saying repeatedly that the country badly needs to protect newly emerging small businesses. His career is apparently devoid of any postings in the Federal Security Service (FSB, the successor to the KGB), whereas several Kremlin leaders, including Putin himself, started their careers in the security agencies. He warmed the hearts of his audience at Davos this year: "We are well aware that there's one simple reason why no nondemocratic state has ever become prosperous: freedom is better than nonfreedom...
Reached at his home tonight, Brandt declined to comment. Theda Skocpol, the current dean of GSAS who announced her resignation in March, also declined to comment. She has continued to hold the deanship during the search for her successor...
...even a committed Democratic Administration in 2009 will have limits. Chief among them is that any successor to Kyoto needs to be "global," to use Kerry's word - meaning that some of the burden will have to be shared by developing nations whose rapid economic growth will make them responsible for the majority of future carbon emissions. China has continued to insist that it will not accept mandatory caps on emissions, which it sees as an unfair limit to its natural economic growth (a position essentially shared by Washington, which also opposes mandatory caps). One positive change from a decade...
...Reagan's tax cuts for the nonrich were big money losers, and it took the fiscal discipline of Bill Clinton to mop up the resulting red ink. Laffer gushes with praise for Clinton, but he's also a fan of Clinton's successor. "What Clinton did was, he gave Bush the fiscal flexibility to do what was right," Laffer says. In the face of the recession and terrorist attacks of 2001, Bush "needed to stimulate the economy and spend for defense, and Clinton gave him the ability to do that...
Sunday's vote has already sparked speculation about who might be Chavez's successor in that race, as well as whether a rejuvenated but usually fractious and incompetent opposition might finally field a viable candidate. Aside from perhaps Rodriguez, pundits can think of few if any chavista potentials. Opponents, meanwhile, could include erstwhile Chávez allies like Garcia, who because they defected over the reforms may have a crossover appeal sorely lacking in Venezuelan politics right...