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President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia is a phantom candidate with a long shadow. Prohibited by his country's constitution from seeking a third consecutive term, Uribe, who has already won the presidency twice by landslide, is nevertheless the solid frontrunner in next year's race. And so, as he maneuvers for the legal right to run again, several rival candidates have put their campaigns...
...reckon with that nagging feeling in the gut when confronted with the statistics—that last year the U.S. military employed twice as many drones as it did manned fighter planes, that the total number of military drones has increased drastically from 167 in 2001 to 5,500 today, that under Obama’s presidency alone we’ve already ordered dozens to eliminate al Qaeda and Taliban operatives? CNN.com blithely reports on one Major Morgan Adams, who pilots a Predator sending Hellfire missiles into Iraq and Afghanistan: “He kisses his wife goodbye, drives...
Worldwide, there are more than twice as many displaced people - about 25 million - as war refugees, according to the U.N. But because they do not cross international borders, which can provoke the wrath of governments and the attention of aid groups, they are sometimes overlooked. In Colombia, most people live in the cities where security has improved. By contrast, the displaced are often impoverished Indians and Afro-Colombians who live in the most remote pockets of the countryside where few votes are at stake...
...something Englishwoman who has lived in Paris, I thought your article missed a vital point. I had never thought twice about wearing a low-cut top in my home town, but when I moved to Paris I began to copy the demure style of Parisiennes. To ascribe this shift simply to changing attitudes in women ignores the important role that men play in forming a woman's own body image. Going about my daily life in Paris, I felt that men saw me as a sexual object more than I was used to and I responded by dressing more demurely...
...Kennedy’s bipartisan friendships and ability to work across the aisle. Yet in this celebration of bipartisanship we should not forget that Kennedy’s bipartisanship always served his liberal values and fulfilled his mission of helping those most in need. In the 1990s, he twice worked closely with Republican senators to pass major health care reforms, first with Nancy Kassenbaum to ensure the portability of health care for workers changing jobs, then with Orrin Hatch to pass the groundbreaking State Children’s Health Insurance Program...