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In This Issue

• Positively Sino-Soidal
• AIDS, SARS, Avian Flu... Bean Curd?
• A Paradoxical Paroxysm of Pancakes
• Letters to the Editor
• International Yuks
• Après Moi, Le Corbusier
• Get a Free Bobblehead, for a Limited Time Only!
• The Sweet, Sensual Twang of Success
• Shut Up, Shut Up.
• To Sachs With Love
• Santa's Grottos Steal X-Mas
• Broad Goes Abroad to Paris
• A Lesson on Father Christmas
• Hugo Chavez in 2008: He’ll Crush Us Like Grapes!
• Martha’s Civil Unrest Tips
• Politics: Opiate of the Asses
• A Plan to Unite Humanity Without Using Glue
• Mad Cow: All the Cool Kids Are Contracting It
• Things Around the World on Which to Pee
• Trapped in the Closet (Deleted Scene)
• Mario Around the World!
• THEY WATCH
• The Staff of 21.4

Some people hate Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, MD, JD, KCB. Some people love Jeffrey Sachs, Beatified Member of the Roman Catholic Church (pending in the Eastern Orthodox). Me? Oh, I wouldn't dare question such a big, strong Hero of the People like Jeffrey Sachs. But when I stumble into his class at 8:45 in the morning, sometimes my sleep-deprived mind wanders. And sometimes it bursts into the "Spider-Man" theme song as another lecture meanders along. And sometimes the "Spider-Man" theme song has a new protagonist at the end of the morning when we have made it to slide 3 out of the 45 he'd planned for us plebes. And if anyone asks me what I learned in The Challenges Of Sustainable Development, I will answer them thusly:

Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs,
Paid for by your income tax,
Lectures with dramatic flair,
Not so good at dying hair,
Hey there, there goes Jeffrey Sachs.

Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs,
Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts,
Goes ‘round the world, kicks some ass,
Occasionally teaches class,
Hey there, there goes Jeffrey Sachs.

Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs,
Spins some records with killer tracks,
Saves the world for me and you,
Tunes guitars for old U2,
Hey there, there goes Jeffrey Sachs.

Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs,
In a golden toga with matching slacks,
Grins just like the Cheshire Cat,
Ignored by many-a bureaucrat,
Hey there, there goes Jeffrey Sachs.
   
Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs,
Chief purveyor of heart attacks,
Flies a ship from outer space,
Kicks the bad guys in the face,
Hey there, there goes Jeffrey Sachs.

Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs,
In single servings or six-packs,
Faster than a speeding train,
Master of the astral plane,
Hey there, there goes Jeffrey Sachs.

Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs,
Unreachable by phone or fax,
If he's caught, don't you cry,
He'll grow a pair of wings and fly,
Hey there, there goes Jeffrey Sachs.

In the heat of night, he'll make the world free,
At the speed of light, with the lips of Angelina Jolie...

Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs,
Impervious to fire and sneak attacks,
There's no evil he wouldn't smash,
There's no party he wouldn't crash,
Hey there, there goes Jeffrey Sachs.

Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs,
De facto ruler of Halifax,
Frozen in a block of ice,
Fuelled by human sacrifice,
Hey there (where?)
There goes Jeffrey Sachs.
There goes Jeffrey Sachs!

Hopefully, these notes will be useful to you if you decide to take this course. Lord knows, it's what I plan to write down for my final exam.