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Ambassador Peter W. Galbraith ’73 predicted that Iraq would not be able to weather the ongoing civil war and would eventually split along sectarian lines in a speech before an audience of sympathetic Fulbright alumni at the Kennedy School of Government on Saturday. Though the event on Saturday was a gathering of Fulbright alumni and current scholars, Galbraith—who was never a member of the Fulbright program—was invited because of his support for the program during his 14 years as a senior advisor to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
...Already, we’ve seen a number of issues tackled in Captain America comics: the debate over the squelching of civil liberties, the radical actions that result when such freedoms are unequivocally preserved, and, most importantly, the scope of the divided American society we live in today. But thankfully, what we didn’t see were any hard-fast prescriptions from the writers. Through their comic series, they have consciously opined in a grey area, one that presents thoughtful questions without the inundation of partisan answers...
...room in the Fogg is particularly important for her department because light-sensitive works on paper are not permanently displayed. But Dackerman does not view that as a drawback. Whether an academic is interested in the 300 prints by Rembrandt, or a class wants to study a selection of Civil War works, she says, “the study rooms are an amazing opportunity to sit there and have this intimate experience with real works of art.”If students do not know that they can visit the study rooms to examine any one of these pieces, though...
From slavery to the civil rights era, the word “nigger” has earned its despicable reputation. We understand, therefore, the desire to send the word and all that it stands for into oblivion. Nevertheless, prohibition is counterproductive, merely exchanging one evil for another...
...Which is why one of Bush's least talked about proposals this week - a White House conference on building stronger civil institutions in Latin America - may well be the most important. The oil-rich Chavez can throw his multibillion-dollar largesse around the hemisphere, but he can't claim much of a reputation for spreading democratic institutions, and that's an area where the U.S. could build an advantage over the Caracas caudillo. Bush noted this week that too many Latin Americans "have seen little improvement in their daily lives, and this has led some to question the value...