Responsibility and Poverty

Please read this article on poverty aid. What is the most signifiacnt aspect of this article for international relations? Why?

Means and Ends

What do you think of this editorial in The New York Times? Compare it to this on The Huffington Post. I think it is matter of timing. Tough, comparative and, yes, negative ads are part of today's political reality. But doesn't it make a difference WHO, or WHICH PARTY, is throwing the punches? Does self-restraint have ANY place within Democratic Party politics?