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August Strindberg’s The Father is a dark, deeply misogynist play. It tells of women’s deceitful, controlling nature that results in a man’s insanity, emasculation and ultimate death. But despite its objectionable bias, the play remains relevant today in its honest, albeit paranoiac, look at the core of sexual relationships...
...retrospect," Law said in his formal statement, the "response of the archdiocese to the grave evil...was flawed and inadequate." In retrospect? By what conceivable moral argument could ignoring child abuse be deemed at any time acceptable? "In retrospect," he also said, he had put children in danger, "albeit unintentionally." How can a church demand moral responsibility of its members if its leaders cannot do so when unmitigated evil is standing right in front of them...
Since Sept. 11, Abdullah has sent clear signals - albeit in the quiet, gradual Saudi way - that Saudis must get their heads out of the sand and become part of the global village. One after another, he called in groups of Saudi imams, teachers, journalists and businessmen and warned them against taking Saudi Arabia's puritanical brand of religion, known as Wahhabism, to unacceptable extremes. Though not to Washington's complete satisfaction, Abdullah began tightening up on potential terrorist financing, scrutinizing Islamic charities and freezing some suspect bank accounts - an explosive issue in a culture that fiercely guards privacy...
Rumsfeld's allies say he has not surrendered to the military and its congressional allies. They insist he is transforming the military, albeit slowly, and stress that the military must not view Afghanistan as a template for all future conflicts. "One size," warns Army General Tommy Franks, who is running the war, "will...
...Undergraduate Councils you refer to (Editorial, “A Step in the Wrong Direction,” Feb. 7): the Burma votes, fighting over gender-neutral language, and other meaningless effluvia better left, as you write, to those groups formed to address them rather than the one voice (albeit a hoarse one) for students’ concerns. At the time, however, the Crimson seemed to share a kindred spirit with the council in this respect of favoring political statements over action that would better students’ lives on campus—so much so, in fact, that...