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...First Steps Toward Community” (Editorial, Oct. 12), you stated that 24-hour universal keycard access had in its favor “a powerful argument grounded in student safety,” but this is not necessarily true of completely unrestricted access. In all arguments about access, the access to courtyards and the access to entryways should be differentiated when possible because they in fact have very different implications for safety. As most of the proponents for 24-hour universal access point out, access to a House can mean safe haven for a pursued student and prevent assaults...
...take issue with Bash’s premise, however, that the best reason to lift Harvard’s ban is that it would encourage “progressive thinkers to...rise to the pinnacle of the military elite.” This may very well be an argument that can tip Harvard’s scale in favor of ROTC—that once we associate ourselves with the military, its backwardness as an institution will be more easily remedied. It would be better, though, if in debating the issue, Harvard administrators and students could show...
...much more dangerous than other, more sensible, alternatives. And Congress can’t seem to figure out what to do. The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, John L. Mica (R-Fl.), who presided over the hearing, was sympathetic to Woerth’s argument. Tom Delay (R-Texas), the House majority whip, however, is more skeptical. According to The New York Times, Delay said, “I don’t want any cowboy pilots going back to fight hijackers and leaving the plane unattended.” Across the aisle, House Minority...
...means the only two groups to be unfairly stereotyped in the media. Using this distinction to make a claim about the cultural and historical identity of two ethnic groups is simply bizarre. Many groups have suffered unfair portrayal in the American media. Would Cheever use the same argument to draw a connection between Arabs and Hispanics—or between Arabs and Jews, for that matter...
...thousands of Ingraham’s right-wing listeners in their hatred of egg-sucking anti-American liberals. As I lay in bed later that night I had two thoughts: one was that I was grateful to have been bumped by Kerry and Bush, for fear that making an argument for peace after those two would have meant an almost certain stoning during a commercial break. The other was a slow awakening as to why so many people are often resistant to arguments for peace...