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...civilizational confidence”—theocons deny the vitality of Western culture by assuming that Muslims are impervious to the European values (temptations?). Such self-doubt is unjustified: European values (decadent capitalism and post-Enlightenment liberalism) are likely to persist, no matter how demographic changes alter Europeans’ creed or color...
...couldn’t do it in person,” Sullivan screams as his shoe-loving alter-ego Kelly, “you had to text-message break...
...irrational that we are willing to tolerate self-deprecating racial humor but not Don Imus? Race doesn’t determine intelligence or character, and it shouldn’t affect a person’s opportunities in life, but this does not mean it can’t alter the offensiveness of speech or writing. Race may be an artificial construct, but so is racist language. The very nature of language dictates that offensiveness is dependent on identity...
...English professors and administrators here, this part of last week’s tragic story has brought a time of reflection. But they insisted that the repercussions of the massacre will not alter how they teach, nor lead them to instate formal rules on how to deal with students who submit particularly violent work...
...policy proposals he and his colleagues are considering. Where is the nuanced discussion of climate change regulatory schemes, such whether carbon taxes are better than cap-and-trade systems and fuel economy standards? Where do the Kerrys stand on whether the federal government should use its power to alter personal behavior, either through taxing carbon fuels or subsidizing small-scale renewable energy systems? And what about global environmental agreements—such as how an ideal Kyoto Protocol should be structured—and the sorts of environmental protections should be written into free trade deals? These final questions should...