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The World Spends $40 Billion A Year On Pet Food.

The Equivalent Of Five Jumbo Jets' Worth Of Women Die In Labor Each Day, But The Issue Is Almost Never Covered.

Women Aren't The Problem But The Solution. The Plight Of Girls Is No More A Tragedy Than An Opportunity.

Once You've Created A Connection Of Empathy, Rational Arguments Can Play A Supportive Role.

American Airstrikes...create Risks, Especially If Our Intelligence There Is Rusty. The Crucial Step, And The One We Should Apply Diplomatic Pressure To Try To Achieve, Is For Maliki To Step Back And Share Power With Sunnis While Accepting Decentralization Of Government. If Maliki Does All That, It May Still Be Possible To Save Iraq. Without That, Airstrikes Would Be A Further Waste In A Land In Which We've Already Squandered Far, Far Too Much.