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...four resettlement agencies in Phoenix very well, and I can tell you many, many heartwarming stories of case managers, staff and ordinary people in Phoenix who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to help the new arrivals. I have never seen the International Rescue Committee abandon a refugee it is charged with helping. Over and over, the refugees tell me how glad they are to be in America. I suggest that Time write another article detailing the story of families whose lives have been helped since they arrived as refugees in Phoenix. Call me, and I will...
...female students to wear headscarves do not disappear under the ban. According to Human Rights Watch—an international advocacy organization which has condemned the ban—the policy “has denied thousands of women access to education” by requiring them to abandon part of their religious beliefs to attend universities. To force women to choose between their faith and their future is cruel...
...were bombarded with television ads and direct mail about "strength" and "optimism," his distain for illegal immigration and the three-legged stool of the conservative coalition he only joined in the last few years. His long jaw and his toothy smile ruled the airwaves. He attacked his opponents with abandon...
...That's the kind of talk that strikes terror in the hearts of many Republicans and makes them worry that McCain might lack the fire to attack his Democratic rival or, if he won the White House, might abandon the bedrock values of the G.O.P. in his zeal to make deals with Democrats. If McCain loses Florida, and the nomination, it will be because Republicans can't overcome their doubts about him - and because McCain isn't willing to make it easy for them...
...guaranteed scintillating”—will our liberal education achieve even this modest goal? Forget preparing us for our future as citizens. What about our future as conversationalists? Especially because a full 12% of those who know the Analog Darkness is coming intend to abandon television altogether when it strikes. Given the state of Harvard’s general education, I hope these people have seriously considered what they will talk about. I am often tormented by visions of conversations in the post-analog world that run something like this: “How was your...