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...summer of 1975. A couple of months earlier, the New Jersey native had submitted his senior thesis to the History Department. In his thesis, Chertoff sharply criticized the “incomplete, if not pernicious” utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham. Nearly a third of the 110-page essay was devoted to attacking what Chertoff saw as Bentham’s disregard for individual rights. But during Chertoff’s more recent record with the Bush administration, his view of individual rights seems to have become less sympathetic. Chertoff has been criticized for being an architect...
Andrew Sullivan, in his essay "We Don't Need a New King George" [Jan. 23], was right to criticize President Bush's habit of attaching signing statements that give his interpretation of the legislation he signs. Taking the oath of office, Bush swore to "protect and defend" the Constitution. But his Administration is undermining that document's checks and balances. If lying under oath about an affair was reason enough to bring impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton, then there is cause 10 times over for impeaching Bush. Shame on him, and shame...
...1960s with competing urges for independence and intimacy. It was familiar ground for the Tony winner who, resisting pleas from her parents, remained steadfastly single. She gave birth at 48 and chronicled her daughter's premature delivery and months in a neonatal ICU in an achingly poignant essay, "Days of Awe." Although the warmth and humor in her work often camouflaged its weightiness, she was also angry, intensely private and political--a contradiction that drove such characters as Heidi, the single professor who in the end adopts a child and openly mourns her personal sacrifices...
...editors: I read with interest Samuel Simon’s thoughtful essay on the socio-economic composition of the U.S. military (“Who Really Serves?,” column, Jan. 19), and agree with his conclusion that liberals (or conservatives who are against the war, for that matter, since there are many) need to move beyond a solely class-based analysis both in their rhetoric and politics. Simon deserves credit for the way he deconstructs the statistics cited by the pro-war Heritage Institute, demonstrating the principle that statistics cited out of context tend to represent a selective...
Because the class is capped, applicants will be screened based on their written responses to short essay questions given during the informational sessions. The questions are designed to assess their interest in the class and ability to talk openly and respectfully about the issues covered in the syllabus, Ameresekere said...