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Listen to Delbanco bewail our current solipsism in his fifth book, The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope: "If we fail to contribute to some good beyond ourselves, we condemn ourselves to the hell of loneliness." He notes that "the highest aspiration" of our "soul-starving present...is to keep the body forever young." He dares to use terms like destiny and Satan and still show his face in Manhattan, where Heaven and Hell are merely the names of competing downtown bars...
Should we condemn students to mediocrity just to avoid the risk that they will fail a tougher challenge? That's what American public schools tend to do, argues Mary Catherine Swanson. Afraid of high dropout rates and low standardized test scores, many schools allow all but their top students to muddle through remedial and feel-good classes instead of preparing them for the rigors of college. No wonder so many parents want vouchers to send their kids to private schools...
...occasional tragic necessity, either for self-defense or to protect those who might otherwise be slaughtered. But he insists that most Christians who claim that position are not really serious about it, or they would oppose many more wars than they do. His radical pacifism leads him to condemn any and all forms of patriotism, nationalism and state worship. (And he disdains most distinctions between these positions...
...miles out, but none of that has been done." Capitol police were slow to move as well. There was no increased security, no heightened alert around the Capitol for fully half an hour after the New York attack. Senate minority leader Trent Lott was drafting a press release to condemn the attack when he looked outside his window and saw black smoke billowing up from across the Potomac. He didn't wait for an evacuation order. He gathered up his top staff and security detail and headed out of the Capitol, shocked to find that tourists were still walking into...
...members of the Harvard Islamic Society strongly condemn Tuesday’s heinous attacks (News, “Terrorists Attack America,” Sept. 11). Islam has neither place nor tolerance for such vicious and immoral acts, and we consider these atrocities to be absolutely deplorable. We send our collective condolences to the families of the bereaved. Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and their loved ones. As members of the American community, we are shocked by these tragic events and hope that the perpetrators of these senseless acts of violence are brought to justice...