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Indeed, the authors assertions seem to mirror those found in any two-bit anti-Zionist tract, holding that Israel lacks any moral claim to American support, because the “creation of Israel entailed a moral crime against the Palestinian people,” in addition to the grossly exaggerated and inaccurate claim that Israel has continued to commit crimes against Palestinians including “massacres … and rapes by Jews.” And this is from the former academic dean of the Kennedy School. If this is what Harvard’s top professors...
...Seoul's financial district. For some 350 days a year, the young men wake at 10 a.m, jog for an hour, and then hit their computers or PCs, taking an hour off for lunch and another for dinner, and finally calling it a day at 3 a.m. (The gamers claim they play at their best just after midnight.) They don't spend much time outside their building, and when they do leave, it's normally only to run over to a nearby "e-stadium," an electronic gaming hall, to participate in a tournament...
...refs don't deserve all the blame for the excess. It was Stern who issued a zero-tolerance policy before this season to stop players from constantly complaining, which resulted in a 10% jump in regular season technical fouls. And many would agree with the NBA's claim that in an era when refs spend hours after each game reviewing tape and critiquing their on court performance, on balance the level of officiating has actually never been better. "The refs are just doing what they're told," says Hill. If that's the case, then it's up to Stern...
...seems to me that the sense of hostility reported by the students in their science classes arises from an overly simplistic view of religion on the parts of their professors. Science is a methodology, not a worldview. Scientific research should not make claims on epistemological and philosophical issues such as the existence of God or validity of belief, especially when based on an overly simplistic understanding of religion. Science can describe and make predictions, but scientists should be aware that their methodology has no a priori claim to superiority over other methods in making epistemological and metaphysical claims...
...Many members of the crowd at last Sunday's preservation rally, like the skinny guy wearing a baggy white tank top with "Power to the People" painted on the back, are too young to remember British rule, but they've nonetheless laid claim to the nostalgia. As the younger members of the crowd listen to local bands at the protest rally, King sees in the fact that they're taking action to sway the authorities as the seeds of a grassroots democracy. "Yes, universal suffrage is important," she says, "but this is more important...