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...swampland and hasty construction, Thai bureaucracy and allegedly corrupt deals by the former Thaksin regime are variously mooted as the causes of everything from cracked runway asphalt to customs delays, cramped toilets, monotonous retail outlets and long lines. But Thai geomancer Mas Kehardthum is convinced he has the real answer: construction was started in the wrong phase of Jupiter. "An improper calculation was made for structures in the city's eastern sector," argues Mas, president of the Feng Shui Research Institute of Thailand and a developer of feng shui programs for Palm handhelds. "The energy can be very disturbed when...
What is the power of one when that one happens to be a John D. Rockefeller or a Bill Gates? If history is a guide, the answer is, quite a lot. I'm speaking not only about the power to reshape an industry like oil or personal computers but also about the ability to improve the world through philanthropy. Rockefeller proved that giving away money is much more than charity. It can be transformative. And if today's billionaires were to pool their resources, they could outflank the world's governments in ending poverty and pandemic disease...
...what should we do? The answer isn't to give up on democracy. It's to help democracy succeed. The Bush Administration talks a lot about freedom. But as an earlier generation of American leaders realized, if freedom doesn't put food on the table, people will embrace tyranny. That's why the Truman Administration conceived the Marshall Plan: to help the fragile democracies of Western Europe improve their people's lives. Today the rich world needs to do something similar--provide the debt relief, open markets and foreign aid that really make a difference in a poor country...
Inside the Beltway, one answer is increasingly heard: let's get a continuing economic contribution from folks after their primary career has ended and before they start draining the system's pension and health-care assets. That's bad news if you're looking forward to a kick-up-your-heels early retirement; the financial and cultural support for a purely leisure-filled later life is drying up. But if you crave opportunities for a flexible job that you will enjoy or volunteer work that makes use of your skills and speaks to your heart, then what's good...
...haven’t pressed too hard on this issue since I’ve been dean,” Gross told parents during the question-and-answer portion of his speech at Junior Parents’ Weekend...