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Interpreting the poll results before the big day
On Nov. 4, the American populace will vote, the electoral college will decide and, on Jan. 20, 2009, we will have a new president. But who will it be?Poll results indicate a Senator Barack Obama lead by an average of 5.9 percent, according to the aggregation at http://www.RealClearPolitics.com. State-by-state polling indicates that the Electoral College […]
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Trust in Pakistan?s president may lead to success
Tensions are rising in Pakistan. There are now 250,000 refugees at its borders, and conditions are so poor in some areas that 20,000 Pakistanis have fled to Afghanistan, one of the most inhospitable nations on the globe.America is faced with critical decisions that will determine the stability of this nuclear-armed country and the future of […]
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A forgotten gray-scale complicates Pakistan issue
In the world of foreign affairs, there is no black and white. Merely shades of gray. Outside the American media and the politics that consume its attention, a complex reality faces us. Our conception of the surrounding world is typically that of good battling evil. But reality is starkly different. Sides are multiplicitous and situations […]