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Considering that "socially responsible" and "green" funds have prospered in recent years by avoiding companies that sell tobacco or pollute, the surprise since 9/11 is that more money has not flowed into terror-free investing. Advocates argue it is a nonviolent way for Americans to confront terrorism and maybe even profit from the fight...
...Whether people in rural Pennsylvania are “apolitical” or not, whether they foolishly vote against their economic interests or not, are huge issues that Obama and the nation should confront. But what interests me more about Marx’s conception of idiocy is its applicability to life here at Harvard: Maybe “Idiots on the Charles” is a better nickname for 21st century Cambridge than “Kremlin...
...hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the earth. Turn to your way of love those whose hearts and minds are consumed with hatred. God of understanding, overwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy, we seek your light and guidance as we confront such terrible events...
...dust floating in the sunlight that streamed through the casement. The morning caressed her stomach and thighs, which, as they usually did, looked perfect. Her head ached. She could not form a coherent thought.But with consciousness came recollection, and the images of the night just past swarmed to confront her: the empty decanter of brandy, her dead turtle Orlando, and, looming above all else, he who had wronged her once again. She could not believe that she had allowed herself to be taken in, that she had allowed him to bring her to the brink of carnal bliss, only...
...country so scarred by its own history of tribal divisions? Life has taught me a hard lesson about the power and impact of that play: my father, who died in 1970, banished me from his life because I played Juliet in a school production that dared to confront the prejudices of my people...