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...media are trying to adapt to a bloggier, more opinionated age, they're still largely accustomed to the old standards of equivalency: the notion that if candidate X commits a transgression, "balance" requires that you find an equivalent from candidate Y--or at least an X supporter willing to claim...
...that Moses coiled a bronze snake around his staff and thrust it upward to the sky ("to remind people of the Almighty," she says) and that the snake is a symbol for medicine ("meaning that what kills you can also cure you"). Many of Barak's regular clients claim that the snakes help ease migraines and soothe sore muscles...
...problems facing the post-9/11 world, Amis has very little to offer by way of solution. “Opposition to religion already occupies the high ground, intellectually and morally,” he says. “People of independent mind should now start to claim the spiritual high ground, too.” And in a similar vein: “Our moral advantage, still vast and obvious, is not a liability, and we should strengthen and expand it. Like our dependence on reason, it is a strategic strength.” But what does...
...achievement gap—that between low-income minority students and their middle-class counterparts—Wagner’s argument belies a true representation of the academic challenges facing our country and obscures the actions we should be taking. While it is difficult to disagree with his claim that teaching to standardized tests leaves students ill-prepared for accepting the responsibilities of both work and democracy, Wagner fails to adequately take into account the other side of testing. Wagner correctly assumes that the growing emphasis on testing is a result of our economic fears that our best jobs...
...second annual night game, little did the team or its fans realize how tense the atmosphere of the stadium would be until the final seconds of the game. With high expectations for both sides of the field, the Crimson would need strong performances from its young receiving corps to claim victory. Sophomore wide receivers Marco Iannuzzi and Chris Lorditch turned in those performances, racing down the field to catch 20 of quarterback Chris Pizzotti’s 30 completions on the way to Harvard’s 25-24 victory over Holy Cross. Without former wideout Corey Mazza...