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...course, that someone bothers to create more courses that actually count toward General Education. “Harvard time”—the colloquial name given our unofficial seven-minute lateness-amnesty window—is a venerable institution here. We question, then, why would anyone deign change it? Are students truly so sluggish that seven minutes is an insufficient ambulatory period? We are rarely late to our classes. Perhaps it’s because our bodies are in peak physical condition. Or maybe it’s just because we rarely attend class. But why bother going...
Poor people in America are too often seen as parasites who must prove that they deserve assistance, even when the job market, the education and health care system, and the shortage of affordable housing make survival tenuous for so many Americans. But the help we deign to provide comes with strings that tie up poor people’s worth as human beings into their status as dependents. We suddenly gain the authority to tell them how they ought to live and even attempt to sterilize them, as if a human’s worth to a society were solely...
...clad in black, and he had allowed his hair to grow long and shaggy.The look did not suit him, Felicity thought dispassionately.“Good afternoon, dear,” Frederick began hesitantly. “I trust you are recovered?”Felicity did not deign to reply.“Felicity,” he said again, with more force this time, “When are we going home?”“This is our only home,” she said with heartbreaking finality.“Feefs...
...Opening withthe wail of an electric guitar, the track ismade unique by its content and Rodney’srepentant and heartfelt confession on thechorus: “I’m only human / I’m a man, Imake mistakes.” Here and here alone doesRoss deign to talk about anything otherthan that rap trifecta of money/cash/hos.Instead, he recalls his “deadbeat dad” who“never knew chocolate milk make you fartreal bad,” his struggle coming up, and hisown problems with his children and hisbaby’s mama...
...Christians were free to travel throughout Israel and practice their religion in peace until radicals began attacking Israeli civilians. Hamad's need to blame someone for the horrid situation is understandable. But he chose his target poorly. He should look within his own community before blaming his neighbors who deign to defend their very lives from radical Islamists. Michael Yanovich, LOS ANGELES...