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...over the past two weeks by Danish newspaper cartoons that Muslims find blasphemous has proved that once again. But in Europe, whatever one may think about the intelligence or taste of portraying Muhammad with a bomb on his head, people have found a reassuring port in the storm: their belief in the political miracle of free speech. In Western democracies, the right to express an idea, no matter how offensive, always trumps the impulse of the offended to censor. No government should be able to jail a cartoonist or newspaper editor for what they publish, or block the distribution...
...elected” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a self-proclaimed religious fundamentalist who publicly denies the Holocaust and has publicly called for Israel to be “wiped off the map.” The regime’s bravado has only increased with its belief that it can hold the world hostage through its influence over the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). We must, at all costs, ensure that Iran is kept from accessing the fissile material necessary to build atomic weapons—no greater threat currently exists to global security. While hope for reconciliation...
...It’s my belief that those who stand out and prosper are those who transcend hip-hop’s often typical flakiness and irresponsibility,” he says. “They come into the studio, they do the shit—quickly and easily and well...
...that students work or borrow $2,000 is hardly unreasonable, given the generosity of the College’s financial aid program. Asking students to supplement their term-time grants with summer income is, Donahue believes, soliciting an investment in their own futures. “There is a belief on the part of the College that students should invest in their own education,” she explained.Expecting students to play an active role in supporting their own education is perfectly sensible on the part of the Financial Aid Office (FAO). What the current policy fails to consider, however...
Because, as a rule, Europeans have ceased to believe in themselves and their civilization. This might sound like a hokey line from a Disney movie, but it is generally true. A hundred years ago, Europeans were a deeply religious people, deeply committed to Christian beliefs and to spreading the Good News throughout the world. This belief was not, however, necessarily religious; there is also an important tradition of secular belief in the superiority of European culture, in the mission civilatrice, and in a duty to make the world a better place. Even the Soviets, for all of their manifest flaws...