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...First, the national interest. In its bumbling attempts to legitimize its misdeeds in Iraq, this administration rarely hesitates to claim that “if we weren’t fighting them over there, they’d be fighting us over here.” Setting the argument’s spuriousness aside, it should be self-evident that it cynically appeals to a corrupt ethos; it can only be justified if Americans agree that the fact of mass-slaughter in Iraq is morally less problematic than potential mass-slaughter in the U.S. The obvious corollary of that position...
...themselves. Aside from ignoring Coalition troops’ direct hand in Iraqi deaths (according to the Lancet study, 56 percent of all cases where a perpetrator was known, amounting to hundreds of thousands of Iraqis), not to mention their role in fomenting Iraq’s sectarian bloodshed, this claim whitewashes the gross illegality of their presence. In the words of the Nuremberg Tribunal, preemptive aggression of this sort constitutes the “supreme international crime, differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole.” Where?...
...impede the legitimate actions of disciplinary bodies. Although students could conceivably delete sensitive emails in response to a notification, recently deleted e-mail messages are recoverable by system administrators. In addition, disciplinary bodies should be willing to accept the review of an appeal process if they can reasonably claim that the University’s interest in enforcing discipline is great enough to justify violating student privacy. Accessing student e-mail should be a measure reserved for exceptional cases. While this legislation is a valuable step, it does not go far enough in protecting students’ privacy. Even though...
...night a fighter and he emerges from them as scrappy as ever. In other words, don't assume, because he lost to Barack Obama, that Edwards is down for the count. After all, as his campaign advisers are quick to point out, by finishing second Edwards's David can claim victory over at least one Goliath. "The person hurt in all this is Hillary Clinton," Joe Trippi, an Edwards senior advisor, told TIME minutes after his candidate claimed the silver medal in Des Moines. "The former President of the United States flew all around this state...
...miraculous haul of men and women of culture who originate in France, and whose impact is making itself felt all over the world. You can get in touch with one or two of them at any time. That might prevent you from spoiling a cover once more with a claim that is not true, even if your hoax turned out to be quite pleasant and highly stimulating...