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...pillar of liberal education, world citizenship is old news. What has changed is that there is now an assumption that the interplay between national and world citizenship often occurs in insolubly conflictual ways. This wave of globalization has inspired a complicated cultural and institutional resistance to American(-style) economic dominance. We all know this. People used to be surprised by local resistances; no one should be anymore. (Haven’t you seen Braveheart or Gladiator or King Arthur or Troy...
...world-class young adult and role model. Your article "Built for Speed" captured the essence of Phelps. Michael is a spokesman for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and he volunteers to spend his time with kids. When a gold medal is awarded for integrity and citizenship, Michael will stand on the highest platform. Donald Mathis, Executive Director Boys & Girls Clubs of Harford County Aberdeen, Maryland, U.S. The ancient Greek games symbolized the Olympian heights man was able to attain in a golden age. It is unfortunate that greed and corruption have found their way into the modern Olympic Games...
...also proved to be a world-class young adult and role model. Your article "Built for Speed" captured the essence of Phelps. Michael is a spokesman for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and he volunteers his time to kids. When a gold medal is awarded for integrity and citizenship, Michael will stand on the highest platform. DONALD MATHIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF HARFORD COUNTY Aberdeen...
...Sebban. "When he's confronted by anti-Semitism all he can do is affirm the republican values of equality and fraternity. But it's like pressing a button that doesn't work anymore." Especially in the socially underprivileged banlieues, where Jewish-Muslim tension is highest, the appeal to shared citizenship is more apt to reap mockery than reverence. "Being a citizen of France used to give everyone a kind of bulletproof vest, but now it's fallen off and we see each other as Jews, Arabs, whatever," Sebban says. Sebban tried Israel in the 1990s; he lasted four years...
...jail-free card. While requests to a variety of countries for asylum have so far come to nothing, Bosnitch says a German passport remains a possibility: "Because Bobby's father was a German citizen, Bobby is a German citizen. But since Bobby has never asserted that citizenship before, he doesn't have a passport. We are in the process of collecting the necessary documents." A German official acknowledges that Fischer's supporters have started the process, adding: "What we've been presented with so far would not be enough to give a clear picture of his citizenship...