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Black History Month is both a gift and a curse. It pays proper respect to the distinct history of blacks within America, but it feeds into the delusional perception that black history is not American history. Even with Black History Month’s widespread recognition, we have not yet realized Woodson’s vision for America if not all Americans embrace black history as their own history. It is not about having a tributary course or a month to pacify concerned Black Americans. It is not about justifying or proving black history’s importance. Rather...
...differences in how rich and poor nations are affected by catastrophes, slammed the U.S. for providing only 15? of assistance per $100 of income. Sachs stated that raising the level of U.S. assistance to 70? would save millions of lives. How ludicrous! Such an increase could only lead to widespread corruption among the bureaucracies handling the assistance; a mere trickle of aid would reach those who need it most. What the rich countries can do is unilaterally remove the trade quotas and restrictions on goods and services that poor nations can provide to rich countries, thus directly enriching the people...
...campaigning with his tacit support. To counter its chief rival's use of TV, the UIA looks to rely on grassroots organization around the mosques, and on endorsement by the clergy - and given the fact of Iraq's Shiite majority, whose relative weight will be amplified by the anticipated widespread Sunni boycott, the UIA is expected to win a plurality of the vote. That may make one of their leading candidates - Abdul Aziz al-Hakim of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq; Ibrahim al-Jaffari of the Dawa Party; and independent Hussein al-Sharistani - top contender...
...delay, the source said, came as several staffers and Summers himself struggled over the letter’s wording, waiting until Wednesday afternoon to settle on a final version. By then, Summers’ critics had grown louder and more numerous, and the story continued to receive widespread attention in the media...
...president were serious about spreading liberty, he would make it a top priority to improve our international image, particularly in the eyes of the Arab world. A surprisingly candid report released by the Office of Under Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz in September cited “widespread concern among influential observers that something must be done about public diplomacy,” and lamented that the White House seemed untroubled by these concerns. The report warned that Washington’s “messages should seek to reduce, not increase, perceptions of arrogance, opportunism and double standards...