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...instructive dramatizing of the problem - and more important, for one of the strongest movies in recent years - they should see writer-director Christian Mungiu's Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. It was the top prize-winner at Cannes last May, though, preposterously, it was not Oscar-nominated for best foreign-language film. No matter. Go see it. The movie is currently playing in just a few cities, but it's available on the pay-per-view service In Demand, on many Time Warner cable systems. You don't even have to leave home to catch...
...Sadly enough, malfunctioning weaponry isn’t a new phenomenon in the War on Terror. Equipment failure has been a constant problem in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003, and despite much public criticism and even a Congressional investigation, little has been done to actually address the issue. Regardless of the politics involved, America’s war fighters—who have already put their lives on the line—deserve the best equipment possible. Unfortunately, what passes for standard-issue these days doesn’t even come close...
...vendors are in there evaluating the situation," May said at the Science Center Friday night. "We're just focusing on the problem...
...reaches the five percent threshold in the general election qualifies his party to receive federal funding for its candidates. Though federal funding may not be enough to keep pace with Clinton and Obama, it would easily be enough to make the Libertarian candidate a household name. Part of the problem with building up confidence in third parties is that the two major parties have a stranglehold on the media, and it is in their self-interest to advance the view that third parties are not worth a rational person’s time. Leading up to the 2000 election, Democrats...
...reactionary backlash in Belgrade and more enmity in the Balkans—the last thing that region needs. On the other hand, its current status is untenable. Kosovars have endured too much from resentful Serbs and have earned a right to self-determination. Further entanglement will only worsen the problem. It seems, then, that there can be no mutually acceptable solution as long as independence remains the fundamental question. Choosing sides will not actually lead to peace or stability. Somehow, the frame of the debate must shift. Paradoxically, the only resolution is one that renders Kosovo’s statehood...