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...other big loser from Thursday's Hebron riots may be the Palestinian Authority (PA) of President Mahmoud Abbas. Last month, a U.S.-trained battalion of the authority's security men was deployed in Hebron to great fanfare, underscoring Abbas' intention to assert control of a city whose political sympathies are with the militant Hamas movement. As settlers rampaged through Palestinian neighborhoods on Thursday night, Palestinian civilians were crying out for protection from those meant to ensure their security. But the PA security forces were nowhere to be found, under strict orders from their commanders to avoid confrontation with the settlers...
...else—more bombs, to the near-frenzied sounds of Mr. Charles’ raucous, sexually charged frenzy of a performance. Many credit the piece, as well as others by this film’s director (Bruce Connor), with influencing the concept of the contemporary music video. To assert that the man behind “Cosmic Ray” was interested in searching for new means of delivering popular music into the home, however, is reductive to say the least.Last month, the Harvard Film Archive presented a series of films from Conner that included “Cosmic...
...simply maintain current highway and bridge conditions, it will cost $78.7 billion per year. Unfortunately, in reporting on the current state of US infrastructure, the ASCE gave it a ‘D,’ thereby indicating that simply maintaining it will not be sufficient. DOT estimates assert that the required amount for eliminating the backlog of projects for bridges and fulfilling proposed highway improvements could cost as much as 131.7 billion dollars per year for the next 20 years...
...been a fact of life here since the colonial period, and up to this very day with the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and influx of non-governmental organizations. In a Foucauldian sense, all these institutions assert incredible power by defining what is better for Tanzania through the idea of development. But in many ways these organizations are selling a pipe dream to Tanzanians. Development, whatever that means, isn’t happening in my home-stay village, no matter how much Western education is emphasized...
...Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville famously opposed freedom with equality, suggesting that the passion for the latter would always override the will for individual liberty. At present, we are confronted with an exception to his rule, as popular majorities assert their collective will by denying same-sex couples the equal legal standing they themselves enjoy. While America’s participatory democracy is in most cases something to be elevated and emulated, in the particular case of minority rights, electoral majorities should not have the final word. This is especially true when popular sentiment demands changes in the constitutions...