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...west side of Beijing's venerable Workers' Stadium is ground zero for the capital's party animals. Stretching south of the stadium gate is a row of huge dance clubs with names like Babyface, Coco Banana, Cargo and Angel, each competing with its neighbors to be bigger, brighter and louder. But on the other side of the road, the offices and shops are shuttered and dark by late evening when revelers start pouring out of taxis. Only one discrete neon sign is visible, backlit white letters above a small stairway picking out the name, "Destination," Beijing's premier gay club...
...This does not mean Hillary can never be seen with her husband, or talk about any of her experiences as First Lady. But her campaign is making a fundamental mistake by deliberately invoking this past as the best rationale for a brighter American future. With Barack Obama winning independents and young voters with a call for a united America, with Republican candidates now all calling for a change from the status quo in Washington, Hillary found herself stuck in a losing argument. Her initial reactions only made it worse. She chastised voters for failing to be "realistic," for not understanding...
...which would be scandalous anywhere, but it's particularly sad in Kenya. The nation has been one of Africa's brighter stars, a favored foreign-investment and tourism destination, where the economy grew an estimated 6.2% last year. When Kibaki was elected President five years ago on promises to end government corruption, crowds of close to 1 million cheered at his swearing-in ceremony...
...outside, preacherman Huckabee is low on cash, light on organization and may not be able to fill the pews in New Hampshire the way he did in Iowa. And then there's Thompson, who has not found the transition from Hollywood's low-lit soundstages to politics' brighter lights as forgiving as many had hoped. Staffers have fled his campaign in horror throughout the fall, complaining that the candidate listens only to his wife. Thompson's condition was summed up best by a New Hampshire woman who, when asked in a rival campaign's focus group for her impressions...
...sentiments, and they have little interest in a well-functioning, transparent Russia. Yet we are hopeful that the country’s broken democracy has not yet reached an endgame. Although there are only crooked pieces on the board, Russia might have, thanks pro-democracy advocates like Kasparov, a brighter, Putin-less future...