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Alas, African leaders are so congenitally corrupt that the only way “to remove corruption and improve governance” throughout the continent is, in fact, to bribe them.This seems to be the perverse reasoning that has inspired Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim (left) to award a prize to the African leader who is deemed to be the least… Read more.
The Tennessee Senate race between Democratic candidate Harold Ford Jr and Republican Bob Corker is one of the most contentious in this year’s truly competitive Congressional elections. After all, for the first time in over a decade, Democrats are within striking distance of wresting control of Congress from Republicans. And Republicans know what payback mischief… Read more.
…the United States is in bed with the government in Khartoum on counterterrorism issues and therefore we are looking the other way on a genocide[?] [Scott Pelley reporting for 60 Minutes from Darfur, Sudan] I understand implicitly the geopolitical realities that have allowed President George W. Bush’s (axis-of-evil) enemies in Iraq, Iran and North Korea… Read more.
Ever since he wowed American voters with his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Barack Obama has been teasing them with his political ambitions. Therefore, when he finally inserted himself into the wide open 2008 presidential race on Sunday, it seems the entire nation shuddered with political excitement. I, on the… Read more.
I was never told that adoption means that David will no longer be my son….If I was told this, I would not have allowed the adoption….I want more clarification on the adoption. I would prefer that David goes back to the orphanage where I can see him any time I want, rather than send him… Read more.
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A week ago today, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2006 to Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded in 1976 for: …their efforts to create economic and social development from below. Lasting peace can not be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out… Read more.
President George W. Bush is fond of projecting the notion that, although his is not the most intelligent and articulate voice on the world stage, it is certainly the most authoritative and reliable. But North Korean President Kim Jong IL’s brazen defiance of Bush’s ultimatum on developing nuclear weapons is making his voice seem no… Read more.
Last week, in Plane crash sends New York (and all of America) into 9/11 panic mode…, I dismissed media coverage of this African-adoption story as just idle-minded reporting on: …the “breaking news” of Madonna following the new celebrity fashion of adopting African babies the way others adopt exotic pets. Since then, however, Madonna’s adoption of… Read more.
