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...child's brain, it's moms and grandmothers who have always had the right idea. A child with problems, they insist, makes no secret of it from the start, coming into the world timid, moody, jumpy or worse. Experts often dismiss such claims as hooey at best, blame ducking at worst, but there may be more to it than that. A growing body of research shows that newborns do tip their emotional hand early on, giving parents a chance to take control of behavioral problems and maybe even prevent conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or depression from...
...Taliban. Hazara leaders say the Taliban wanted to exterminate them, and the devastation of the valley lends credence to their claims. But the few Taliban left in the valley, bedraggled prisoners you can see being escorted down the village's main street, were anxious to shift the blame. The Hazara's troubles and the destruction of the Buddhas were the work of Pakistanis and Arabs, the foreign jihadis, says one prisoner, Nisar Ahmad. "It was a very,very bad idea," he says. "We are very sad." The war may be over, but the destruction wrought by the Taliban, like Khan...
...donna, Brother Cornel. When Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 threw his temper tantrum, you got bloodied in the press. Surely you don’t want to give the liberal elite another excuse to go for your jugular, so I can’t blame you if you grit your teeth and rubber stamp the report. That’s what former President Neil L. Rudenstine would...
...their credit, Argentines seem to recognize where the blame for their predicament lies: at home. During the riots, attacks on Washington and the IMF, those two usual scapegoats for crises in the developing world, have been conspicuous by their absence. If Duhalde's plan brings a degree of stability, the U.S. and others may be prepared to grant his government new loans. That would help. But until Argentines build an economy based less on beef than on brainpower, their century-old decline will never...
...castigate Summers for his lack of tact. If there is any blame, it should be laid upon West for his shameless race-baiting. By accusing Summers of shirking his responsibility to racial diversity, West is attempting to obscure what this whole conflict is about: his bruised...