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...rigor. In “Theatre,” he makes a number of fascinating and provocative claims, but they are ultimately founded on flimsy arguments that are more reductive than revelatory. The end result is a read that is mostly frustrating with its self-important tone and baseless claims...

Author: By Matthew C. Stone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: David Mamet’s Overstated ‘Theatre’ | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

...holiday, celebrated with bonfires and, more recently, illegal fireworks, is so hoary it predates the three Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - a fact that the mullahs who rule Iran are quite sensitive about. One ayatullah, Nasser Makarem Shirazi, called the first day of Nowrooz a "superstitious act and baseless. Pious and sensible Muslims will stay away from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Iran, a Street Demonstration That Both Sides Stay Away From | 3/16/2010 | See Source »

...very easily turn to extremism. To facilitate a de-radicalization of Gaza, therefore, he asserts that the U.N. should cease providing its population with these subsidies. In response, numerous blogs and websites including, most notably, Electronic Intifada, have charged Kramer with promoting Palestinian genocide. While this claim appears baseless, the United Nations should flatly reject Kramer’s advice on the grounds that it is both morally offensive and strategically inept...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Weatherheading the Storm | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

...that there is a clear “natural law” which renders interracial marriage a “corruption,” since God had clearly rendered different races with “different natures.” The Warren Court, however, rendered all of these concerns baseless, since marriage cannot be defined by the superficial characteristics of those involved. Legitimizing the concerns of those who are against gay marriage will also therefore legitimize the concerns of the segregationists four decades...

Author: By Avishai D. Don | Title: Indecent Proposal | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

...testimony was to reveal the hurt most of us usually don't express, which supports the legal claim that there is an injury of sufficient magnitude to warrant a remedy. And other testimony was to show that the supposed reasons for reimposing a caste system are a mixture of baseless nonsense and deliberate lies. All of it relates to elements of the legal tests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay Marriage Trial Rests, and a Key Ruling Awaits | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

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