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Brian J. Bolduc’s article (“The Crack in the Glass Ceiling,” Op-ed, April 16) typifies the defective logic and unnerving excitement of those who disregard the existence of racism, sexism, and inequality in the United States. I describe Bolduc’s tone as one of excitement, for he (and others who claim racism no longer hampers minorities’ life chances) writes as if it is truly exciting that his “evidence” proves there is something defective about minorities, and especially blacks, that cannot be tied...
...understandable, can it really be said that eating tissue from a test tube is the same as eating a person?While the last example is rather whimsical, the criticism remains. Using technological developments to bypass ethical restrictions sets a poor precedent. At best it’s a blithe disregard for the spirit of the law, with an overemphasis on the letter of the law. At worst it smacks of hypocrisy. After all, practicing what you preach and genetically engineering a way to make your unfavorable practices kosher are not the same things.Ultimately, in vitro meat is the future...
...Though she's not whining about her wealth of options, Simon, a senior at Noble and Greenough School, is holding out hope for Columbia, at least through mid-June. "I ended up getting into a lot of great schools," says Simon, "just not the one that would make me disregard all the others...
...taxes earlier this month. "This is the largest fire of this kind we've ever seen," said Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo in an emergency press conference at the Casa Rosada presidential palace. "It was started by farmers clearing land for cattle grazing driven by greed for profit with total disregard for human life." The President was just as harsh. "This is not a natural disaster, this is the result of certain aspects of human nature, irrationaity and irresponsibility...
...follow these values - just as easy as it is for my husband and his friends to gather together to watch the Super Bowl: just sketch in some beards, insert a prayer break and delete the alcohol. (The legal drinking age is one American law that Muslims disregard completely - Islam prohibits alcohol consumption, at any age.) Such strict rules, to some, are a sign of extremism, and so are the beards - to some, our five daily prayers are another...