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• Chillax Standards: Sweatshops? Don't Sweat 'Em! NY Times Columnist Tells 'O' Magazine Readers

  Published: July 26, 2007, 12:30 pm

  Tags: Chillax Standards, Compensation Packages, Consumerist, Gawker, Nicholas Kristof, O Magazine, Top

  We were totally down with the message of the O magazine August cover story "Chill: 21 Things You Should Stop Worrying About Right Now" (Sample entry: 'Worry Lines -- stop worrying about 'em!' LOLZ.)... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Stars In Their Eyes: It's not everyday you get to see Angelina ...

  Published: September 28, 2007, 4:40 pm

  Tags: Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Kristof, Stars In Their Eyes

  It's not everyday you get to see Angelina Jolie tear up in front of a blinking Nick Kristoff, but if your fantasies involve the star of Tomb Raider getting lachrymose in front of a Times columnist,...

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• Nicholas Kristof: Global Warming creates Radicalism.

  Published: April 14, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Nicholas Kristof, Global Warming, Environment, Barack Obama, Witchcraft

  Nicholas Kristof, who has written a lot about the consequences of global warming, says that one of the consequences will be increased fundamentalism and radicalism around the world. For instance, he says that they are burning people for being witches

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• Nicholas Kristof: Bush paralyzed on Darfur

  Published: April 10, 2008, 10:39 pm

  Tags: Nicholas Kristof, George W Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Neocons, Darfur, Sudan

  Nicholas Kristof writes that Bush is acting totally paralyzed on Darfur. He relates that every time he suggests sending in troops, Condoleezza Rice reminds him that he can't send troops into a third Muslim country. But this is typical of the kind

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• "No Graphic In Human History Has Saved So Many Lives" [Journalismism]

  Published: May 21, 2008, 10:48 pm

  Tags: Bill Gates, Journalismism, Listicles, Media, New York Times, Newspapers, Nicholas Kristof

  Design blog Signal vs. Noise today reminded everyone of the 1997 Times infographic reproduced above. Nicholas Kristof, whose article on world disease featured the chart, declared in an...

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• Nick Kristof's Sexy Sex Speech [Gender Issues]

  Published: June 12, 2008, 11:05 am

  Tags: Gender Issues, Bad Ideas, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Sexism, Speeches

  Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who is much better at heroically rescuing orphans from warzones than he is at writing a regular political column, has a very great and original idea. He thinks that...

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• Nicholas Kristof: Bush and other leaders blow off Darfur genocide.

  Published: July 10, 2008, 2:35 am

  Tags: Nicholas Kristof, Darfur, Sudan, Barack Obama, China, Muslims, Genocide

  Nicholas Kristof writes that the Bush administration and the rest of the world are blowing off genocide as a real concern:Genocide is regrettable, but don’t lose perspective. It is simply one of many tragedies in the world today — and a f

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• Nick Kristof: Chop Off Body Parts = 'Torment'; Interrogation = 'Torture'

  Published: July 11, 2008, 9:29 am

  Tags: 9 11, Double Standards, Events, Foreign Policy, Guantanamo Bay, Interrogation Techniques, Media Bias Debate, Middle East, Military, Zimbabwe, Nicholas Kristof

  Tribune (IHT) contributor Nicholas Kristof. Keep in mind as you read this post that Kristof infamously wrote the following in a 2005 New York Times book review about the person who was "the worst monster in world history," China's Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong): ..... his legacy is not all bad ..... The emancipation of women and end of

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• Nicholas Kristof: Tough Love for Israel

  Published: July 24, 2008, 12:38 am

  Tags: Nicholas Kristof, Israel, Palestine, Zionism, Hamas, Iraq, Zimbabwe, Darfur

  Nicholas Kristof writes that Obama proved his bona fides towards Israel but that in this case, tough love might be needed. But in Obama's case, the willingness to show tough love will not be an issue. He has already demonstrated his willingness t

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