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With three weeks left until Election Day and less than one week since the reversal of Connecticut’s ban on gay marriage, prominent members of the gay community visited Harvard yesterday for “An Open Discussion on LGBT Issues and the Candidates.” Organized as a debate between two prominent national LGBT advocacy groups—the Log Cabin Republicans and the Stonewall Democrats—the night’s discussion centered on gay marriage, “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” federal AIDS...
...Boston Public Health Commission recently gave preliminary approval to a measure that would impose new restrictions on tobacco consumption and sales. One component of the measure is a proposed ban on the city’s cigar bars, of which four remain. These bars were given an exemption from the citywide ban on smoking imposed in 2004, and are popular hangouts for cigar aficionados. While the previous ban was an understandable measure in protection of public health, mandating the closure of cigar bars would be alarmingly intrusive given its limited advantages. The direct public health benefits of the ban would...
...wake of being put on watch for a possible credit-rating downgrade, signaling that the broader economy is on much shakier ground than everyone thought. Or could it even have been the much vilified short-sellers of financial stocks, back in the market after a 14-day ban expired Wednesday at midnight...
...Last week, during the 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon expressed worries that financial problems in the United States might deter leaders from living up to pledges for the Millennium Development Project (MDP). For the U.S., it would certainly be impossible to fund two wars plus the bailout, and still help the poorest of the poor. And yet, the instinctual responses to catastrophe—protectionism, withdrawal from the international political and economic community, and decreased foreign aid—must be challenged. On the edge of a global recession lies the perfect opportunity...
...harassment of young black men. But a surge of youth violence - violent offenses by perpetrators aged under 18 rose 37% in three years to 2006 - has prompted the government to once again beef up the discretionary powers of cops on the street. "Dispersal orders," for example, allow officers to ban individuals from public spaces even if they have not been convicted at court, and to arrest them if they disobey. Operation Leopard is a part of this trend, and it is clear the officers are still unsure of how to wield their new powers...