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...very different kind of free-speech controversy last November, Peretz professor of Yiddish literature Ruth R. Wisse wrote in a Crimson op-ed: “Free speech being one of democracy’s dearest privileges, we should use it to protect and honor those worthiest of our esteem.” Wisse’s standard applies nicely to the current debate. Students citing the Constitution to defend every act of obscenity and rabble-rousing on college campuses should show more discretion when deciding what speech is worthy of their esteem...
...Sesame Street’—I used to actually believe he was talking to me specifically. He totally helped my self-esteem...
...University, but when he could not learn to read, they discovered he was dyslexic. His parents traversed the entire state of Michigan trying to find a suitable program for him in both public and private schools, but he couldn’t keep up. “My self-esteem and self-worth were really impacted,” he recalls. Finally, after fourth grade, they decided that home schooling was the best option...
...Defense that people around the world “probably know you better than they do George W. Bush.” The President now seems less executive and more regent than he has ever been before—an acute problem for his reputation abroad given the low esteem in which his intellect is held by the foreign press...
...Superman-vs.-Batman debate that has divided comic-book readers for generations. Wolverine, an American superhero from the venerable Marvel stable, is a hulking genetic mutant with claws like knives. Yugi, a manga character from Japan, is a stunted schoolboy with a penchant for games and puzzles, low self-esteem and eyes the size of moon pies. When classmates pick on Yugi, girls jump to his defense...