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...inevitability of international justice, the idea that even the world's worst thugs will face a reckoning in court. "To me, he really seems like a Don Quixote figure," says Ted Braun, director of Darfur Now. "He's one man, working alone, taking on the world with a great vision of what he can do, but without a lot of overt backing." If that bothers Moreno-Ocampo, he doesn't show it. Finishing his coffee, he tells me that the ICC is helping to establish a new approach to international relations, in which states interact "on the basis of laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Don Quixote of Darfur | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...decision to forgo future earnings is clearly uneconomic. It may even backfire in terms of providing maximum good. After all, a well-endowed foundation can endure for many decades and fund charitable acts beyond a benefactor's vision. Yet for someone seeking purpose right now, there may be nothing like abandoning the corporate ladder and wading into the do-good weeds. "Baby boomers have always been in the how-do-I-find-meaning business," says Howard Husock, who directs the Manhattan Institute's Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, which honors innovative charitable actions annually. Now, he says, with many reaching retirement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Do-Gooder Option | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...parent, TECOM Investments, both controlled by the ruler of Dubai, to launch an Arabic version of Nickelodeon kids' channel next year. A Comedy Central channel, film co-production deals with Paramount (a unit of MTV's parent, Viacom) and a Nickelodeon hotel are also under discussion. "Our vision in the long run is to create a global media hub out of Dubai," says Abdullatif al-Mulla, a former Microsoft executive who is TECOM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MTV's Arab Prizefight | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...translations can be, the original language is the author’s own words,” said director Christopher N. Hanley ’07-08. “In translations you’re always going to lose some part of the author’s vision.”To fully preserve that vision, the play will not have any English-language aids, including captions. Before attending, the audience should brush up on their Spanish; during the performance, viewers can also rely on stage action. “I think [the viewers are] going...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Spanish Tragedy at the Agassiz | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...supposes to truly privilege the vision of the equality of conditions, the existence of a governing class at once turns problematic. If a group of people is to rule by representative government, inequality becomes necessity. Even with the universal franchise, the selection of representatives dictates that some will be deciders and some will be those on whose behalf the decisions are made. Representation demands that a group of peers ennoble one of themselves, and dominate others of their own rank and file...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Why Representative Government Doesn't Work for Students | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

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