Although society has progressed in its acceptance of stay-at-home fathers, Clay feels that outside of larger urban areas, including in parts of our small town, traditional attitudes remain more entrenched.

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That Mr Putin, who enjoys approval ratings of nearly 50%, wants to stay in power is not surprising. (If he runs for two terms he could stay in office until 2024.) But it is the fatalistic acceptance of his decision by most of the country that makes it possible.

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But here's something the administration can do, while there is still time: It can atone for its acceptance of Jimmy Carter's phony certification of the voting processes that Chavez manipulated to stay in power, and ramp up a public diplomacy and political warfare campaign to expose the corrupt Venezuelan regime and its threats against its neighbors.

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