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It’s almost 2005 and we still have to fight for our right to talk about sex, not to mention the right to legally recognize homosexual relationships or the right to have basic reproductive biology in schools. So it’s no surprise that the Fox Searchlight movie Kinsey—a film about Dr. Alfred Kinsey, the scientist who pioneered the discussion of sex in America—opened last month to widespread critical acclaim and, of course, stinging conservative condemnation...
...pain to come, although there will be funding gains for education and health. The "most difficult budget any government on Nauru has ever had to deliver to Parliament," according to Adeang, it will impose big spending cuts and new fees, including a 10% customs duty on all but basic food imports. The aim is to end successive budget deficits by 2005-06 - an ambitious goal that will depend on finding new revenue sources. Secondary mining of phosphate deposits may be possible, but delayed trials have never gone ahead. To make matters worse, the government was last week told that...
...face, the baseball steroid scandal is simple. Athletes who break the rules to win are cheaters. But ask why we have the rules in the first place, and you have to confront a basic irony. We decry performance-enhanced sports. Yet we live performance-enhanced lives...
...Iraqis too. Show me the moral value in that. Jean Waltrip Rocky Mount, Virginia, U.S. Although many in the media are gloating over what they consider to be the U.S. failure in Iraq, the game is not yet over. The Americans are approaching their objective: to change the basic parameters in the Middle East by introducing democracy. The millions of voters who turned out in Afghanistan are a prime example. Why not talk about the courage of the Iraqi Prime Minister and his team, who are constantly at risk? The strength of the Iraqi people, in spite of the suffering...
...Although many in the media are gloating over what they consider to be the U.S. failure in Iraq, the game is not yet over. The Americans are approaching their objective: to change the basic parameters in the Middle East by introducing democracy. The millions of voters who turned out in Afghanistan are a prime example. Why not talk about the courage of the Iraqi Prime Minister and his team, who are constantly at risk? The strength of the Iraqi people, in spite of the suffering endured for so many months, illustrates their yearning for democracy and political maturity. Some...