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...civilization can claim the flawless pursuit of values like tolerance, and Western civilization??s history reveals it as particularly imperfect. Western civilization is wrought with intolerance and oppression: expansive and imperialist supremacy efforts by Western nations—such as the Crusades, the Inquisition and 19th century colonialism—killed and oppressed millions in various countries in the world. Even the United States, prized by many as the bastion of liberty and equality, is no mere bystander of intolerant and repressive action. Many of America’s founders who espoused that...
...rich get richer and the poor get poorer—a truism since the dawn of civilization??but nowhere more evident than in the Massachusetts housing market since the state abolished rent control in 1994. A short history lesson: for years the powerful real estate industry had wanted to end rent control, but real estate tycoons and wealthy companies looking to make even bigger profits were not exactly garnering sympathy. Enter a powerful public relations campaign, in which every elderly widow or recent immigrant dependent on renting part of their home to make ends meet was marched before...
Nevertheless, the current review of the undergraduate curriculum is the perfect time to fix this problem. The University should require that students take a class that deals exclusively with the areas of our civilization??s greatest ignorance in either science, the humanities or the social sciences. How does the brain work? What is the ultimate fate of the universe? Why do economic theories fail so often? Did Homer actually live, and does that even matter? Although these questions will likely not be solved for many years, if ever, they can serve as inspiration. They can define the broad...
...You’ve heard all that theory about the ‘end of civilization???” asks bookstore staff member George Bryant, pulling a book off the shelf. “People had a lot of questions about where Communism was going to go. Our party leader, Bob Avakian, put out this book...
...civilization??s disruptive development, extinction is now a regular part of life on earth: scientists estimate that between 35 and 150 species die off every day. The case of the spotted owl, however, is politically noteworthy, as the fate of the owls has become something of a cause celebre. For decades, environmentalists have invoked the Endangered Species Act and the spotted owl’s protected status in efforts to preserve tracts of unspoiled wilderness...