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...thing, basically. They all teach the same classes by and large - business, engineering, education. These are the classes that college students actually take. Very few people are studying 5th century Chinese calligraphy. So colleges are not as different from one another as they would like people to believe. The argument is basically "If I'm unique, I'm incomparable. And if I'm incomparable, I'm not accountable, because no one can judge me." Colleges have a vested interest in being in a position where no one can judge them, because then they can do whatever they want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holding Colleges Accountable: Is Success Measurable? | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...Steven Cash, a former CIA intelligence officer and a co-chair of the D.C. Bar Association's Committee on National Security Law, Policy and Practice, believes that the Administration made the right decision in taking Abdulmutallab's case to federal court. "The argument that trying someone in a civilian court is a show of weakness is frankly outrageous," he says. "It is what we are proudest of and where our strength comes from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Should America Try Terror Suspects? | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

Read "A Silly Argument: Obama Was 'Distracted,' So Flight 253 Almost Blew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Terrorism Postmortem: Still Not Connecting the Dots | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...trump card (at least it was mentioned first). Part of me understands, but I want to believe that having a globally admired leader, being the home of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and raking in Nobel Prizes would mean more. Will violence ever cease to be the ultimate argument? Claes Molin, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Aughts: It's Enough! | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

...abortion debate typically occurs within the boundaries a democracy sets, ones of peaceful, if not always respectful, debate and advocacy on both sides. But Tiller's murder reminds us that in matters of life and death, the argument itself can become a matter of life and death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fond Farewells: Paying Tribute to Notable People Who Died in 2009 | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

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