Monday, February 12, 2007

Bosnia Run by the Bosnians

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CulturalMatters

CulturalMatters

By Edmund S. Phelps

The Wall Street Journal Europe

12 Feb 2007



The nations of Continental Western Europe, in the reforms they make to try to raise their economic performance, may prove to be a testing ground for the view that culture matters for a society’s economic results. As is increasingly admitted, the... read more...

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Monday, February 05, 2007

Obsessed by personalities, they’ve forgotten what democracy is for

Obsessed by personalities, they’ve forgotten what democracy is for

Gary Younge Washington

The Guardian

05 Feb 2007



‘You want to run for president?” asked Frank Bruni in his book Ambling into History. “Here’s what you need to do: Have someone write you a lovely speech that stakes out popular positions in unwavering language and less popular positions in fuzzier... read more...

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Anti-Sovietchik No. 1

Anti-Sovietchik No. 1

By Christopher Hitchens

The Wall Street Journal Europe

05 Feb 2007



Palo Alto, California Those who were born in Year One of the Russian Revolution are now entering their tenth decade. Of the intellectual class that got its vintage laid down in 1917, a class which includes Eric Hobsbawm, Conor Cruise O’Brien and... read more...

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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Renewing Our Commitment to Non-Proliferation

Renewing Our Commitment to Non-Proliferation

By Mikhail Gorbachev

The Wall Street Journal Europe

31 Jan 2007



The article “Nuclear Madness,” published in this newspaper on Jan. 4, was signed by a bipartisan group of four influential Americans—George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn—not known for utopian thinking, and having unique experience... read more...

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