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...people's lives, they still matter. "When I sing, I am raising the Zimbabwean flag," says Mtukudzi. If Mugabe, nature and circumstance have brought the nation to its knees, then these patriots are singing "Stand up!" You have to wonder whether Mapfumo and Mtukudzi are experiencing déj? vu. Both rose to prominence in the Harare township of Highfields in the 1970s, during the country's final push for freedom. "In those days, blacks couldn't go into town after dark," recalls Charles Tavengwa, proprietor of the Mushandira Pamwe Hotel, the legendary nightspot where both men played early...
...always read about the contribution of 'patriotic Viet Kieu' in the newspapers," complains Vu Du, a retired technician. "But look at all these fraudsters, getting rich and cheating the government. If we're not careful, we'll lose our country to such people." Thieu's case will only intensify the suspicions. State media has reported that 33 companies, some of them government owned, are being investigated due to their ties to Dong Nam Telecom...
It’s déjà vu all over again with President Bush’s new tax plan. Under the guise of an economic stimulus to help all Americans, more than $300 billion will go to the wealthiest 5 percent. The administration’s latest tax proposal is exactly the wrong kind—more permanent tax cuts for the rich—at exactly the wrong time, when America is facing short- and long-term budget crises. The Democrats in the Senate should do their utmost, filibustering if necessary, to prevent the plan from becoming...
There's a deja vu feel to all this. Is housing headed for the kind of bust that stocks have suffered? The heady growth of recent years is clearly over, and prices may soften over the next few years--both good reasons to take something off the table. But it's a good bet that the rate of household formation (growing) and supply of desirable building lots (shrinking) will underpin the market for years. So if you're not planning to move soon, the home equity you've built should be put to better...
...Yogi would say, it’s deja-vu all over again. For the second successive year the Harvard and Penn football teams are both 5-0 and are preparing to battle tomorrow for the Ivy League crown and the chance of an unbeaten Ivy season. As the Crimson’s marquee team awaits its biggest sporting challenge of the year (and one to be featured on ESPN’s GameDay, no less), it is a fitting time to think about the central role athletics should play at Harvard and why those who denigrate athletes are sorely misguided...