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...support “life” while advocating capital punishment, to seize the sole authority to dictate what Christians believe. Democrats such as Clinton must not be afraid to speak for the thousands of Christian Americans who vehemently oppose the Republican agenda.Some may worry that encouraging Democrats to cite religion will turn America into a theocracy. But religion is already a force in American politics as evidenced by a poll that found that 90 percent of Americans say they want a President who believes in God. Having a multitude of religious opinions in a healthy public dialogue will...
...terms of changing institutional behavior. The nondiscrimination code is regarded as a big change,” he says. “More specifically, this is an issue where the college thinks it can wait four years, and the student activists will graduate.”Those activists cite other schools which have moved faster as examples for Harvard to follow. “The precedent has been set by other universities and we’re just lagging behind—having finals after winter break, that’s ok. It’s fine to say we?...
...Melancholia, the Greek term for “black bile,” was said to foster pensively intellectual thinkers. And in history, so many great leaders have been depressive or unpleasant. Abraham Lincoln’s melancholia often led him to “weep in public and cite maudlin poetry”, according to Lincoln biographer Joshua Shenk ’93, also a Crimson editor. He considered suicide as a young man and growing older, he saw the world as governed by unforgiving fates. His law partner William Herndon said of him, “His melancholy...
...picture, Weinberger told the modest audience of around 25. Anyone can edit a Wikipedia article, raising the issue of its reliability, he added. While most teachers recommend Encyclopedia Britannica to their students as a source of information, even Wikipedia’s founder Jimmy Wales tells students not to cite Wikipedia, according to Weinberger. Samuel J. Klein ’99, who introduced himself as a Wikipedia administrator and steward, defended Wikipedia by noting the positive aspects of a source edited by the public. The dispute between individuals over the content of a Wikipedia entry produces “something...
...issues being discussed by the Salient’s “very Catholic” and “very Orthodox” members, she says, she recently quit the newspaper. Internal critics aside, those across the aisle, like members of the Harvard Democrats, do not directly cite religious teachings as political policy, but in contrast to Dewey’s comments, many are quick to say that religion does influence their political beliefs. “Religion is a personal and private matter that does and should color people’s perception of politics...