Word: argumentive
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Brian J. Bolduc ’10, a resident of Winthrop House, concentrates in economics. On alternate Tuesdays, he will offer readers a conservative viewpoint that is stubborn—not in a resistance to argument, but in an insistence on evidence...
...military will want more troops to paper over its strategic mistake. It will resist any suggestion to leave Helmand and redeploy to Kandahar. "That would be a death sentence for all the people in Helmand who have supported us," a military expert told me. It is a compelling argument but, ultimately, a flawed one; death sentences are being delivered every night in Kandahar. And remember the military's poky timetable: "We are trying to decide now how to redeploy the troops we already have in Afghanistan, the units that provided the security for the elections, for next spring's fighting...
...Thompson's mother is suing the state, which is answering the complaint but offered TIME no comment about the case. "There are some tough kids in the system, but Darryl was a basically good kid," says Bob Keach, who is representing the family. "He died because of an argument over rec time - the highlight of his day. That should never happen to any kid, and we're suing so that never happens again...
...Genius ... sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.' GEORGE WILL, conservative commentator, citing Charles de Gaulle's maxim in his argument that the U.S. should withdraw from Afghanistan...
...agreement that gave the rebels amnesty, but that was not genuine peace. When the government said they needed to try those that bore the greatest responsibility, that's what hastened the end of that conflict. Justice is a necessary ingredient to the establishment of peace. There's always an argument that justifies doing nothing, but you can't defer it forever...