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...very good at it." Many European armed forces, by contrast, are now structured with peacekeeping as their primary mission. In Bosnia, says Grant, American forces will not walk down a street unprotected, while British and French soldiers soak up information in cafes. Unsurprisingly, it is Europeans who shoulder the burden of keeping the peace in Kosovo, Bosnia and now Kabul. But suggest to European policymakers that their primary military role should be mopping up after the Americans have fought a war, and they throw a frightful fit, as if they were being relegated to the second rank. Given that European...
This is not a liberal or conservative issue. Sure, liberal Catholics see the scandal as another indicator of the sexual dysfunction at the heart of the church. And they have a point. Celibacy is an onerous burden that can easily distort a person's psyche. Moreover, many sexually conflicted men gravitate to the priesthood precisely because it promises to put a straitjacket on their compulsions and confusions. Alas, that straitjacket can often come undone. The absence of women in the higher reaches of the church further distorts the atmosphere; and the presence of large numbers of gay priests--forced...
Truth be told, the administration has little to fear. Everyone recognizes parents weekends for what they are: elaborate excuses for Harvard to spend 48 hours engaged in its favorite pastime. And yet, however many yards of red carpet the College manages to roll out, the greatest burden of showing off inevitably falls to the students. What, then, could happen on Sophomore Parents Weekend? Only the most faithless can believe that sophomores would not rise to the occasion. Having a full year more experience than the first-years, sophomores have at least as much to show for themselves; being a class...
Kolarik, who is one of the Crimson’s most dynamic offensive players, injured his thumb last weekend in a 5-1 loss to RPI. His return would ease the burden on the Crimson, who will also be without senior Jeff Stonehouse, suffering from a shoulder injury and junior forward Aaron Kim’s status is uncertain...
...futility of this endeavor is striking. There will always be the idea of our future selves who will look back and smile at the shenanigans of youth, but at what point are we going to rid ourselves of the burden of pleasing them? Do we wait until we’re comfortably settled in our careers? When we have children? Because if we don’t stop the trend of our future nostalgia, we run the risk of never actually getting the chance to sit back, remembering these days as the perfect illusion we constructed. Or, we might never...