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...outpouring of vitriol against the government and support for the cleric. A typical message reads: "We are your swords, O Lion Sheikh - From the people of Adhamiya." (Adhamiya is a Sunni-dominated neighborhood of Baghdad.) Several Sunni groups - insurgent, political and social - have paid "homage" to him, which is akin to naming him their spiritual leader...
...these developments and find in them further evidence of the widespread sentiment that Muslim Americans are not being straight with their fellow citizens, that they are hypocrites. Perhaps they are. But then non-Muslims ought to recognize that "hypocrisy" of the sort on view in Minneapolis last week is akin to the tolerance on which our pluralistic society depends. In fact, just such behavior demonstrates that Muslims are beginning to learn what we all must do to get along in America...
...third and fourth days are a cattle call. First we push around 20 or so longhorns as a herd, and then we cut one or two dogies from the group, just as they used to do in the old western movies. Akin to separating a school of fish with a rake, cutting takes patience, balance, hard focus and a strong rapport with the horse. Not everyone gets it. Some riders want to go too fast; others fumble with the reins. But those who understand what's happening? "Using these horses is a terrific way to drive home what seems...
...wages and increased benefits. Rather than advocating in a professional manner, a possibility given the ongoing bargaining between the janitors union and the University, the group decided that the best way to convince Summers that janitors need higher wages was to invade Summers’ personal life. This is akin to the students from Social Analysis 10 lobbying Professor N. Gregory Mankiw at his home to curve their midterms up. Most would agree that such a move would be completely inappropriate, which is why tactics that aim to make a scene rather than to convey a real argument often backfire...
Similarly, the argumentation you have employed in this editorial is akin to much of the dialogue used to deny me equal protection under the law—that gay people, as the court of New York erroneously mentioned, have no “lasting history of discrimination.” Harvard’s own history reveals otherwise...