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...provocative as Horowitz may be, he has a constitutional right to criticize the government. Unfortunately, certain student groups have a misconceived notion of diversity and freedom of speech. They disagree with some of Horowitz’s views and so dismiss others out of hand. The entire purpose of having Horowitz come and speak at Harvard is not just to promote one set of beliefs, but to provide a public forum for both supporters and dissenters to think critically and raise important questions. Former Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, a staunch advocate of civil liberties, once put it plainly...
Even the Israelis could not entirely dismiss the initiative, despite the fact that its terms are unacceptable to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. To the Times, Abdullah spoke of "full withdrawal from all occupied territories...including in Jerusalem." Israel insists on keeping parts of the territories, and Sharon rejects any Israeli pullback in Jerusalem. The Saudis might be more flexible on these points than Abdullah indicated; Saudi officials now say the kingdom would endorse any border compromises acceptable to the Palestinians and Syrians. In any event, Sharon invited Abdullah to explain his ideas in detail. He insisted that before Israel would...
...easy for us, as Harvard students, to dismiss the need for public protests as a supplement to intellectual discussion. When we pass by a “Justice for Janitors” protest, we sometimes wonder, “Don’t these people have good enough arguments to rationally debate the issue instead of making all this noise and taking their cause to the streets?” This is essentially what former University President Neil L. Rudenstine was saying in his statement during last spring’s sit-in, which he e-mailed to every student...
...tempting to dismiss this invasiveness as merely an issue of annoyance—something not worth making a big deal over. But that is precisely the kind of thinking that has led to a constant degradation of standards. An annoyance can quickly become a major problem, especially if you keep reversing what you consider an acceptable level of irritation to be. It’s time to draw a line, right here: ads must end at the bathroom door...
Kennedy’s attention to the importance of the N-word’s role in African-American history shows his appreciation for the subject’s complexity and demand for nuanced interpretation. To dismiss the word as a one-dimensional insult disregards its deep and loaded history. Kennedy’s book is in many ways an effort to analyze this history and place the deeply stigmatized and tabooed word at the forefront of race-relations dialogue in America. In fact, Kennedy censured what he called the “eradicationist” position, espoused by those...