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...what you do if you're different. How do you make society better? Do you try to destroy it, or change it? And, aptly for today, there is the question of when is it right to fight?" McKellen, a veteran gay-rights activist, has his own wars still to wage. He's furious that Prime Minister Tony Blair has not delivered on his promise to repeal Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act, which prohibits state schools from teaching that homosexuality is not offensive, in his first Parliament. "As a public figure I have a responsibility to be open...
...mobilization for us," says special Food Security Minister José Graziano da Silva, an economist and longtime Lula adviser. In addition to food relief, the ministry is charged with attacking the causes of Brazil's malnutrition, such as laughable rural infrastructure and the nation's paltry $60 monthly minimum wage, which Lula hopes to double by the end of his term in 2006. More important, Graziano and ministers like Benedita da Silva say they're kiboshing the waste, inefficiency and indifference of Brazil's social-welfare programs, converting them from political patronage rackets to engines of economic growth. Zero Hunger...
Although Congress passed a bill entitled “Resolution Authorizing the Use of Force in Iraq” in October, Bonifaz argued that it could not constitutionally cede the decision to wage war to the President. He called the legislative history of the resolution “murky,” and questioned the language of the legislation itself. He claimed that even if the constitutional basis for the suit were dismissed the language of Congress’ resolution would not permit the President to move unilaterally...
...He’s going to lose,” said Velvel. “They [the courts] manipulate labels to reach the results they wish to reach. They absolutely do not wish to decide whether the president has the power to wage a war. The major question is are they willing to undertake to decide what the Constitution requires—and the answer...
...RSAs (retirement savings accounts) would replace traditional IRAs. Contributions would not be tax deductible, but limits would be higher. A wage earner could put in after-tax earned income of up to $7,500 a year for herself and a nonworking spouse. Accounts would grow tax free, then withdrawals from age 58 would be tax free...