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...hell without America's help. They don't care--or at least they don't think the government should care--about what people are reading, thinking, drinking, smoking or doing in bed. And what is the opposite of libertarianism? Libertarians would say fascism. But in the American political context, it is something infinitely milder that calls itself communitarianism. The term is not as familiar, and communitarians are far less organized as a movement than libertarians, ironically enough. But in general communitarians emphasize society rather than the individual and believe that group responsibilities (to family, community, nation, the globe) should trump...
...CONTEXT Bans are being considered in at least eight states, and several towns have already passed ordinances. In Delcambre, La., violators can receive a $500 fine or spend up to six months in jail...
...President Drew G. Faust last Friday as she was officially installed. It was a formal, yet ebullient and optimistic day: one for reflecting on the forces that unite this great University and that will propel it to new heights in the future. In this context, the fiery speech that Undergraduate Council President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 delivered criticizing the College administration was inappropriate and wholly out of character with the spirit of the occasion. Charged with speaking on behalf of students at the College and all of the graduate schools, Petersen’s tactless rhetoric undermined...
...that the Bible should not be interpreted verbatim, giving the example of levirate marriage, under which a man is compelled to marry his dead brother’s widow. Larose said homosexuals have been singled out and discriminated against on the basis of biblical texts deliberately used out of context. “There’s nothing that gay people do that heterosexuals cannot mimic,” he concluded. The workshop was organized by the Boston-Cambridge Ministry in Higher Education, a Protestant group that sponsors the chaplaincy of Harvard’s Rev. Carolyn Dittes...
...However, director of the French Revue of Political Science, Jean-Luc Parodi, notes public support of the strikers is already far below the 70% level expressed in 1995, and at least 10 points lower than those registered in 2003 - and they could fall further. The difference, he says, is context...