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Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27, 1959 in Yamhill, Oregon) is an American political scientist, author, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist specializing in East Asia. He is currently a columnist for The New York Times and previously served as The New York Times' Bureau Chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. He has written a number of books on Asia, most notably China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power (1994) and Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia (2000), both co-authored with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn. He has also published Japanese Economy at the Millennium (1999), a look at the problems and issues ailing the modern economy of Japan.

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Triumph of a dreamer

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From NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF NEW YORK TIMES, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party

Crossroads: How Can We Help the World’s Poor?

The number of bleeding hearts has soared exponentially over the last decade. Celebrities embraced Africa, while conservatives went from showing disdain for humanitarian aid (“money down a rat hole”) to displaying leadership in the fight against AIDS ...

From NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, The New York Times,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bono,  Jeffrey Sachs,  Columbia University,  United Nations,  Greg Mortenson

Op-Ed Columnist: The Wrong Side of History

Critics storm that health care reform is “a cruel hoax and a delusion.” Ads in 100 newspapers thunder that reform would mean “the beginning of socialized medicine.” Nicholas Kristof addresses reader feedback and posts short takes from his travels. ...

From NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, International Herald Tribune,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Wall Street Journal,  U.S. Congress,  Franklin D. Roosevelt,  Lyndon B. Johnson

Op-Ed Columnist: Triumph of a Dreamer

Any time anyone tells you that a dream is impossible, any time you’re discouraged by impossible challenges, just mutter this mantra: Tererai Trent. Nicholas Kristof addresses reader feedback and posts short takes from his travels. Of all the people ...

From NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, The New York Times,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Habitat for Humanity,  Wal-Mart

Defining choice hinges on health, warfare

President Barack Obama and Congress will soon make defining choices about health care and troops for Afghanistan. These two choices have something in common -- each has a bill of around $100 billion per year. So one question is whether we're better ...

From NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF THE NEW YORK TIMES, Salt Lake Tribune,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Congressional Budget Office,  Harvard University,  Taliban,  Joe Lieberman

Something scary in the pantry

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From NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF NEW YORK TIMES, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party

Op-Ed Columnist: America’s Defining Choice

President Obama and Congress will soon make defining choices about health care and troops for Afghanistan. Nicholas Kristof addresses reader feedback and posts short takes from his travels. These two choices have something in common each has a bill ...

From NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, The New York Times,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Congressional Budget Office,  Barack Obama,  Harvard University,  Joe Lieberman,  U.S. Senate

Op-Ed Columnist: Something Scary in the Pantry

Nicholas Kristof addresses reader feedback and posts short takes from his travels. Now it turns out it’s in our food. Consumer Reports magazine tested an array of brand-name canned foods for a report in its December issue and found BPA in almost all ...

From NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, The New York Times,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Consumer Reports,  American Medical Association

Children’s Books: Foreign Aid

This is a lovely picture book about foreign aid involving the United States and a remote village in ­Kenya, but it’s not what you think. Instead of an earnest tale about Americans helping an impoverished people far away, it opens with a Kenyan named ...

From NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, The New York Times,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nicholas D. Kristof,  Sheryl Wudunn

Op-Ed Columnist: Unhealthy America

The moment of truth for health care is at hand, and the distortion that perhaps gets the most traction is this: Nicholas Kristof addresses reader feedback and posts short takes from his travels. We have the greatest health care system in the world. ...

From NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, International Herald Tribune,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Richard Shelby,  Barack Obama,  World Health Organization

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