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Kristoff Shilling for his Wife at NY Times

August 20th, 2009 · 4 Comments

It looks like Novaseeker’s comment on Kristoff might be right on the money. It turns out that not only does Sheryl Wudunn (Kristoff’s wife) plan on releasing a book in September about the importance of a global drive to empower women, she is also deeply involved with charities that hold the purse strings in these [...]

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NY Times Calls for Another Crusade

August 19th, 2009 · 16 Comments

Nick Kristoff, a NY Times opinion columnist who writes like a Unitarian minister and pens self-serving articles urging liberals to give more money (his wife is in the philanthropy business), has come up with a long piece advocating a “Crusade” on behalf of women all over the world.
In the article, Kristoff and his Chinese [...]

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Feminist Imperialism

August 13th, 2009 · 12 Comments

Most readers have probably seen Hillary Clinton’s rude display of pique when an African had the gall to ask her what her husband, former President of the United States Bill Clinton, who is widely admired and respected throughout Africa, thought about foreign policy. Now, as you can hear in the clip, Hillary Clinton’s imperious, undiplomatic [...]

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