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Kudos to TIME for getting it right on Afghanistan [April 20]. Cash-for-work job programs are the best initial solution in a country where Taliban commanders, financed by opium and other illegal activities, are buying the loyalty of poverty-stricken young men. It may come as a surprise to...
? He once snubbed an invitation to join Britain's House of Lords. Jack Jones, 96, preferred to make his mark by rising through the ranks of the Transport and General Workers' Union, where he became a national figure in the U.K. through his fight for labor rights.
Ballard met his late successes with a brisk, ironic air. His final book, a memoir, was full of warmth and kindness for the people around him, but this poet of the 20th century's dark side was a stoic figure; the visionary had his cult, but he had no equals...
Similarly, at times Armenian activists have allowed their fixation with the word “genocide” to trump their respect for historical fact. In attempts to convince the world that genocide took place, activists rely at times on inflated death tolls and disputable sources to prove their points...
TR: I would like to help the Republican Party find its voice. People are worried about our messengers, but before we have a messenger we better figure out what our message is. I would [also] like to work with men and women on both sides of the aisle who bring...