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...light of Americans??€™ lack of support for drilling in ANWR, it is especially unacceptable that Republican Congressional leadership inserted this controversial issue into a filibuster-immune budget resolution. There are real, substantive concerns associated with ANWR: technical concerns, economic concerns, and foremost concerns about the principle of environmental protection. And there are real alternatives, too, not the least of would be more efforts at conservation. The only reason to resolve the ANWR debate in a budget resolution was to avoid an inevitable filibuster. But ANWR is exactly the type of issue that should not be swept under...
...simple one. If a person is Catholic but does not practice his religion, answering whether or not he is Catholic might be difficult—while he is technically Catholic, he may not identify as such. Racial identity—particularly in the case of Native Americans??€”can sometimes be just as complicated as religious identity. Taking this into account, Harvard University’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions should continue its practice of not requiring a tribal identification card or some other form of proof of Native American identity for students who identify themselves as Native Americans...
...government is dishonest in this form of self-promotion because by disguising taxpayer-financed public relations statements as objective news broadcasts, the government makes a deliberate attempt to prey on Americans??€™ trust of the news media as a source of unbiased information. The Bush administration has, with pre-packaged news, stumbled on a most insidious breed of propaganda: by doing news programs the (dubious) favor of covering pro-Bush news for them, the administration has taken rabid self-promotion to new depths. In the process, the Bush administration has implicated itself in a dizzying conflict-of-interest, made...
...precedent set by the appeals court last week stands, Americans will live in a different country. Americans??€™ faith in the press is based on the belief that, in the end, a vigorous press is worth innumerable instances of scurrilous, damaging news stories. In an age when many accuse the press of being too tame, too unwilling to challenge power or slaughter sacred cows, Americans must remember this central tenet in the never-ending battle between the press and its enemies...
From this early encounter, Iraqi students had the chance to dispel their misconceptions of America—and Americans??€™ misconceptions of them—at a series of events throughout the weekend...