Word: authoritarians
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Their landlords, a Harvard sociology professor and his wife, embrace lifestyles the Bengali couple cannot fathom; they leave their two young daughters, Amber and Clover, home alone without concern, and own a Volkswagen decorated with anti-authoritarian bumper-stickers...
When the lame duck Lewis ordered a permanent ban on all fireplace use, he committed the sort of authoritarian maneuvering that Harvard students, alumni and faculty should never have to accept from the administration. But since he did it at the end of his tenure, Lewis disgraced himself and his distinguished record, creating a sour note comparable to (though I love the guy) Clinton’s presidential pardons...
...matter how much the U.S. says the war against Iraq is a project to build a model of freedom and democracy for the whole Middle East, Arabs and Muslims know better. America's history in the area-backing Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, supporting authoritarian regimes and even intervening to abort potential democratic movements in the region-does not make credible its role of liberator. Mona Wagdy Cairo...
Increasingly, commentators, members of Congress and policymakers, including a minority within the Bush Administration, are questioning the closeness of the U.S.'s relationship with this backward, authoritarian, fundamentalist state. Maybe the 600 families that lost loved ones in 9/11 and are holding the House of Saud accountable in a $1 trillion lawsuit have a point. This July a bill to add Saudi Arabia to the U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism garnered 191 votes in the House before going down. Some critics of Saudi Arabia are even suggesting that the U.S. invaded the wrong country and seized the wrong...
Facts on the ground seem to argue for the ordination of women and for allowing priests to marry. But beyond such sexy controversies, the deeper question is how the inherently authoritarian leadership of the Catholic Church--in many ways sclerotic, brittle, self-defensive in the manner of all aging bureaucracies--can preserve what is best and permanent, what is sacred, while letting in fresh air and new life. Can what is changeless be preserved only by the intelligent application of change? --By Lance Morrow