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...eleven individuals honored by Bush and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Originally called the Charles Frankel Prize, the National Humanities Medal is awarded annually to “individuals and organizations whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities, broadened citizens?? engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand America’s access to important humanities resources,” according to the NEH website. Glendon said she was grateful for the honor. “It was a delight to be able to introduce my family...
...wisdom.” No one has contributed more to the spread of racism in France than Jean-Marie Le Pen during his long political career. To describe Le Pen as a “tactless and sometimes foolish old man” would strike the majority of French citizens??of all possible heritages, backgrounds, faiths, and political tendencies—as, at the very least, a very bad joke...
...core of American immigrants’ success is a free market economy, which values productivity, innovation, and fair competition. In contrast, the same forces that hurt the French economy today also hurt the most vulnerable of its citizens??the immigrants, who are excluded economically, socially, and politically. President Chirac’s plans to expand public spending and create even more rigidities in an attempt to help the disenfranchised are likely to backfire. Ultimately, it is a free and prosperous economy that creates jobs for those needing them most; the best thing the French government...
...trade policies that interpret the economy in terms of “human beings,” and urged increased funding to public education to create a “level playing field” for American workers. Stabenow pointed to “45 million uninsured citizens?? and health care costs—which she said are double that of comparable nations—as national problems with far-reaching social and economic implications. Calling health care her “real passion,” she urged a reform of the nation’s health...
...night’s event. Candidates were asked whether they felt that a charter adopted in 1940 known as “Plan E”—which instituted City Council election by proportional representation and installed a city manager to run local government—limited citizens?? participation in municipal government. They also fielded questions about property taxes in Cambridge’s increasingly tight housing market, government spending on social programs, and the potential closure of community centers. Citing difficulties imposed by existing state law, incumbent candidates pointed to their efforts at easing...