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...American government--its possibilities and responsibilities as well as its limits and faults--than where so much went so tragically wrong. New Orleans is still an almost blank canvas, and the next President should be required to explain how he or she intends to help fill it in. A vision of success in New Orleans will comprise specific ideas about jobs, education, health care, housing, water, the environment, spending and pork-barrel politics. But it should also illuminate how the candidates view the role of the Federal Government and the next leader's responsibilities to U.S. citizens. That's important...
...Olympics have been used before to solemnize a nation's vision of itself. The 1964 Games in Tokyo announced that a new powerhouse had been rebuilt from the ashes of war; the ones in Seoul, 24 years later, that a country of the developing world had achieved modernity. But the weight of expectation and symbolism carried by the 2008 Olympics is something else. For the billions watching around the world, the Olympics will be a time when a resurgent China shows its most confident face--and a moment that offers a unique opportunity to pressure the Chinese authorities on everything...
...there, in a nutshell, is perhaps the best view of China and the Olympics. The Games have brought China's behavior into the global range of vision, encouraging people the world over, including many in China, to think of the new giant in a new way. Has such scrutiny changed China? At the margin, perhaps. But in its essentials--in the deeply held belief among China's leaders that China must be allowed to develop its society, its cities, its human rights and its politics in its own way and at its own speed...
...best intentions, moving slowly, and deliberately, to avoid rash decisions. Yet without a firm and articulated plan of action, the College’s apprehension could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. General Education will only be a change worthy of five years of deliberation if it has an underlying vision behind which currently apathetic faculty, students, and administrators can rally. For that vision we look to the Standing Committee on General Education, which has quite a challenge in front of it. With all of the optimism we can muster in the face of such foreboding omens, we wish it godspeed...
...Some people don't understand that the Soviet Union is over. They face a completely different state, with different attitude," he said. "We are a country that shares the heart of international European values, but that is not going to repeat everything from A to Z." And Putin's vision for Russia? "I think what is wanted is that Russia is a powerful state," said Peskov, "with a prosperous population, being able to compete with others in a fair play in multipolar world where its voice is heard by others. That...