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...husband, Sen. Barack Obama, is "black enough" to be President [Aug. 27]. I don't know why in the 21st century many of us are still fixated on race - or gender, for the matter. Let's concentrate on the real issues, such as Iraq, affordable health care, balancing the budget and fixing Social Security. Let's also celebrate the exciting field of candidates we have on both ends of the spectrum for a change. Kurt Felts, Bloomington...
...were divisible by the number 9 simply because he considered the digit auspicious. Things haven't gotten much better since then--even though Burma is blessed with lucrative natural resources like natural gas and timber. Obsessed with its own survival, the junta spends 40% of the nation's annual budget on the 450,000-strong army while 90% of the population lives near or below the poverty line. Inflation is more than 30%. A fuel hike last month led to a tripling of bus fares on some routes, leaving many commuters unable to afford their ride to work. "At this...
Like Teach for America, Schnur's organization has become a brain magnet for New Orleans, which once watched its brightest move away and more recently experienced a mass exodus. For his New Orleans director, Schnur was able to lure Tyra Newell, who was the budget director for Chicago public schools. She was born and raised in New Orleans, but after she went to Howard University and then Stanford Graduate School of Business, her father was worried that she would never come back. The hurricane brought her home. She and Schnur hope to bring at least 40 new school principals...
...timber. The country's generals are hardly known for their financial savvy: one former regime chief denominated bank notes by the number nine simply because he considered the digit auspicious. Obsessed with its survival, the junta has dramatically expanded the military; 40% of the nation's annual budget is believed to be spent on the 450,000-strong army. Inflation is running at more than 30%. Last month's fuel hike led to a tripling of bus fares on some routes, leaving many of Rangoon's estimated 2.4 million commuters unable to afford their ride to work. The prices...
...husband, Senator Barack Obama, is "black enough" to be President [Aug. 27]. I don't know why in the 21st century many of us are still fixated on race - or gender, for the matter. Let's concentrate on the real issues, such as Iraq, affordable health care, balancing the budget and fixing Social Security. Let's also celebrate the exciting field of candidates we have on both ends of the spectrum for a change. Kurt Felts, BLOOMINGTON...