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What do you do when your family is in peril and you cannot turn to the government for protection? The answer is that you will take security wherever you can get it. You need to find some group that will be capable of keeping you safe, and that group had better be one that can count on your loyalty just as you can count on its protection. If you are a member of my ethnic, racial or religious group, then we share at least some basic bond, which may be enough to ensure our loyalty to one another. I need...
...would take a big guy to tackle the country's massive graft and sleaze problem. His "bulky physique ? seems to match his new enormous responsibilities," a local bbc reporter wrote in an online profile. But could one man take on Kenya's Big Men and force change? The answer, after enough twists and turns to fill a novel, turns out to be yes. Githongo may now live in Oxford, England - testament to the danger he says he faces in Kenya - and his evidence of widespread corruption may have been ignored for almost two years by the government for which...
...Democrats, regardless of who holds the majority-enforce the ethics rules each chamber sets up to govern members? conduct. This runs from governing the use of official expense accounts and payroll to determining when a congressman or an aide must recuse himself from official action to avoid a conflict (answer: rarely). The most basic stricture of House ethics guidelines gives the ethics committee leeway to act or not act in almost any case. It requires that a congressman ?shall conduct himself at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House of Representatives.? In more extreme cases...
...fuel to the Faculty’s uproar.“Bill’s resignation was the most important thing behind it,” said Coolidge Professor of History David Blackbourn, referring to Summers’ ouster. But, he added, “Larry’s answer to the question about Andrei Shleifer also really antagonized people.”Houghton’s 200-word letter defended Summers’ controversial response at the Feb. 7 meeting.“Given President Summers’ recusal, it would not be appropriate for him to pass judgment...
Momani’s query foregrounds the critical issue facing Muslims across the globe: at what point will Muslim anger and unrest shift its target from the traditional Western enemies to the violent sects internal to Islam. The answer...