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...planet and are quicker to try to impose this vision on the rest of us. Now that the Republican Party is in trouble, critics are advising it to free itself of the religious right on issues like abortion and gay rights. That is, the party should become less communitarian and more libertarian. With Democrats, it's the other way around...
...couple next door or the Islamofascist dictator halfway around the world. And every time the Democrats lose an election, critics scold that they must put less emphasis on the sterile rights of individuals and more emphasis on responsibilities to society. That is, they should become less libertarian and more communitarian. Usually this boils down to advocating mandatory so-called voluntary national service by people younger than whoever is doing the advocating...
...that Harvard undergraduate education can be as good as it should be; second, building the sciences while helping the humanities to find their mission and voice; and third, figuring out how Harvard should define its global presence and engage with higher education in the developing world.10.FM: Given your communitarian arguments, could you tell a Nazi that Nazism is wrong?MJS: I assume you mean persuade, not just tell a Nazi that Nazism is wrong. I would try a range of arguments—some universal (about respecting human dignity) and some more particular (about living up to the best...
...Which brings us to yesterday's comments by Powell, who in a previous life was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Powell told CBS News' Face the Nationthat he was "not persuaded that another surge of troops into Baghdad for the purposes of suppressing this communitarian violence, this civil war, will work." Powell said he had not yet heard anything like a clear mission for a surged U.S. force. Plus, he added, "I'm not sure any of the commanders have said that yet." Powell was reminding listeners that George W. Bush has always said that he would...
...later? The "me to you" model of news gathering--a professional reporter, attuned to the fine distinctions between "off the record" and "deep background," prizing factual accuracy in the narrowest sense--may well give way to some kind of "us to us" communitarian arrangement of the sort that thrives on the Internet. But there is room between the New York Times and myleftarmpit.com for new forms that liberate journalism from its encrusted conceits while preserving its standards, like accuracy...