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...Likewise, in the Philippines, where the government has been battling a Muslim insurgency in the south, some fear that the posting of Filipino troops in Iraq might persuade more local extremists to link up with al-Qaeda or its regional proxy Jemaah Islamiah. "Why should the Philippines absorb the enemies of other countries?" asks former Senator Raul Roco, who is running for President. "We have enough problems." If soldiers and civilians from the continent continue to be targeted in Iraq, more people will begin to wonder if this mission is worth the price in Asian blood...
...Easter week as different for an even greater number of Christians--and perhaps deepen the nature of its observance a bit--will be the ongoing impact of The Passion of the Christ. In addition to attending church services, many will fill the plush pews at their local cinemas to absorb--some for the first time, others for the second or fifth--Gibson's graphic celluloid sermon in parallel with their pastors' talks. In the past six weeks the film has made $340 million. It has opened in about 350 additional theaters for Holy Week, but even so, there...
First and foremost, we must recognize that a college education is not—and should not be—about how many facts we can absorb in four years. Being able to think intelligently about the problems we face is clearly a terrifically important skill—but we confuse true intellectual enlightenment with Harvard-style academics at our peril. Harvard’s current system—based around facile response papers, mandatory section participation and finals where students spew professors’ own words back at them (or, more likely, at teaching fellows)—does...
...feel it coming, you know that you played a bad game. Or you know you played a great game when you win, but to just have it [stopped] dead in your tracks like that, I think it takes a little while to absorb...
...Even now the KMT still insists on the policy of eventual unification. I think this is very unrealistic. With both sides of the Taiwan Strait singing the same tune, the result is that Taiwan is isolated in the international community, giving China ever better excuses for its attempt to absorb Taiwan, to make Taiwan into a second Hong Kong. This is a grave that Taiwan has dug for itself...