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...Conflict and disagreement are necessary ingredients in our democratic process, since they force politicians to refine and question their ideas and check excess. Regardless of whether Republicans or Democrats dominate the government, when a single party gains disproportionate power, radical and unwise policies are bound to ensue. The nagging opposition’s counterarguments and criticisms can be safely ignored, allowing the majority to adopt imprudent policies without thinking them through. Nowhere else in the nation is the need for balance more urgent than in Massachusetts. If Kerry Healey is not elected as a check against the legislature...
...letter condemning the actions of his country’s leaders as well as the Oaxaca governor. The strife in Oaxaca erupted with a teachers’ strike this past May. The strikers and their allies accuse Governor Ulises Ruiz of corruption and want him to resign. The conflict turned violent on June 14, when police tried to evict the demonstrators from the city’s central plaza. At least eight others have died in the conflict, according to the Associated Press. Yesterday’s protest coincided with the Mexican holiday known in Spanish...
...Sandinista leader wins, Washington in many ways will simply be reaping the fruits of its own neglect. Nicaragua emerged from the contra war an economic basket case, and despite having played such a major role in fueling that conflict, the U.S. has not done enough to help the country back onto its feet. Nicaragua may simply be echoing the theme playing out all over Latin America right now, where U.S.-backed capitalist reforms have failed to reverse an epic gap between rich and poor, prompting voters to turn to leftists like Chavez. Seeing little to like in their immediate future...
...Israeli counselor for Middle Eastern affairs defended Israel’s actions during this summer’s conflict with Hezbollah at a Harvard Students for Israel event yesterday. Eynat Shlein-Michael, the counselor, who is based in Israel’s Washington D.C. embassy said that Israel was not fighting a “war” against Lebanon but was engaged in a “conflict” with the non-state terror organization Hezbollah. “We chose not to fight Lebanon. Hezbollah is our enemy,” she said. Shlein-Michael said...
...Harvard gates, the political scene has slowly grown to mirror the bigger picture painting itself across the nation. The Harvard Democrats have tackled their campaigning efforts with a vengeance, seeking to take back a dominance they have not tasted in years. The Harvard Republican Club, meanwhile, faced with internal conflict and a bad rep amongst their “Kremlin on the Charles” classmates, has not quite kept...