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...only hampers the free exchange of the marketplace of ideas but also suggests a surrender to the very self-censorship that Jyllands-Posten hoped to confront in its initial publication of these cartoons. We certainly recognize that many readers have found these cartoons to be offensive. But the content of an image or the tone of its public reception should not be grounds for censorship, be it self-imposed or not. The Salient, like any other publication, has the right to choose its own editorial content. In the case of the Salient in particular, we must examine the Danish cartoons...
Roberty is cagier regarding its content, to which Geographic owns rights. Photos of six pages supposedly from the tractate were sent several years ago to Charles Hedrick, a scholar with Missouri State University who has attempted to translate and analyze them. But Roberty claims Hedrick's efforts are flawed in that the first four pages actually hail from a different tract bound in the same leather cover. He volunteers that the Gospel's tone is not pugnacious--"whoever wrote it had no intention of provoking"--but "it will prove those people right who feel that there is more...
...handle a change of this significance,” said Matthew S. Fidler, a GRE programming manager at Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, a test preparation company. “The new test will be an hour and a half longer, there will be different question types and content areas, and the test will be more expensive to take...
...autobiographical tale “The Famous Sushi Pants Story,” modern-day libertine Tucker Max decides that it would be reasonable to buy a portable alcohol breathalyzer and try to match his blood alcohol content to his age. In the process, he takes off his pants at a sushi bar, aggressively challenges a stranger to a drink-off, and wakes up bleeding in his car, his last memory of someone telling him “kiss my ass” at 1:24 a.m. For those Bell Lap readers who have not yet discovered him, we present...
...more vile cartoons from Middle Eastern publications,” he said, referencing a cartoon from the Egyptian paper al-Ahram depicting Jews killing children and drinking their blood, which the Salient published next to the cartoons of Muhammad. “I hate to say it, but provocative content can have meaning...