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Nicholas D. Kristof: And the band played on
The United States needs to make diplomacy, not war
I thought that this article, while a couple weeks old, makes some terrific arguments for funding the diplomatic corps. With less than 7,000 diplomats on the federal rolls, Kristof notes, there are more military band members than members of the Foreign Service.



Mugabe hands Olympic medalist $100,000 cash reward
As if Zimbabwe's leadership needs more bad press, when President Robert Mugabe handed a briefcase filled with $100,000 American to swimming gold medalist Kirsty Coventry, it just sends another horrible message to a country already dealing with more than its fair share of civil strife.



Terry Francona To Speak At First Pitch Banquet
While a coalumnus of the University of North Carolina-Blue Heaven, I'm still dubious to the fact that the Red Sox manager is getting to celebrate the grand opening of a facility (Beautiful Boshamer Stadium) financed by George Steinbrenner!