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...different tale. Schindler’s List hit theaters in March 1994—just as State Department officials were honing their foot-dragging techniques so that America could shirk its duty to intervene in Rwanda. No doubt Hotel will generate Oscar buzz. But will it increase ordinary Americans??€™ awareness of genocide? The outlook is grim. But George and Rusesabagina have a track record of defying all odds...
...situation we find ourselves in is a bizarre one: something like 90 million Americans??€”including, I would wager, better than 95 percent of Harvard students—are more or less daily breaking the law. Most of them don’t even know what the law says, and just about all of them don’t care...
...would be nice if men and women were equal, and society should aspire to that goal, but the fact of the matter is that we have a long way to go. It is still assumed by many Americans??€”the Harvard community included—that in social situations even strong, confident women should occupy a position inferior and subservient to that of their male counterparts. Countering the vulnerable position women are placed in at parties is an issue that extends far beyond feminism and gender equality...
...voters were wooed by Bush’s promise to pursue a social agenda that incorporates certain aspects of his faith. Four million evangelical Christians voted for the first time this election. This groundswell of evangelical voters—an interest group that includes fully 30 percent of all Americans??€”tipped the contest in battleground states like Ohio in Bush’s favor. Bush, who frequently professed his faith and regularly met with Christian leaders, worked hard to target this interest group. In an egregious case, the Republican National Committee released pamphlets in Arkansas and West Virginia...
...issued last Friday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that city officials in Columbus, Ga. may not require demonstrators gathering for the annual School of the Americas Protest to pass through metal detectors in order to participate. We wholeheartedly endorse the decision and applaud the court for protecting Americans??€™ guaranteed liberties against the omnipresent specter of security...