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Kirby’s at-times conflicting roles explain the Faculty’s mixed reactions to his leadership...
From before Sept. 11, mainstream Muslims have found themselves in a very unenviable position: constantly having to explain that Islam is a religion of peace to an increasingly skeptical international community. After every bombing or terrorist plot performed in the “name of Allah and Islam,” a procession of Western Muslims could be found on news channels and talk shows trying to contain any potential backlash on the greater Muslim community...
...some more liberal viewpoints. The supplemental readings component of the course ought to involve a more balanced array of authors, giving students a fair understanding of the theoretical spectrum. It cannot hurt students to be exposed to a greater variety of opinions. For example, there should be articles that explain situations where taxes may actually help people, albeit not the overall economy. We have faith that Mankiw will be able to provide the necessary balance (while still weighted to the right) that will help Ec 10 live up to its status as the most popular—at least...
...Working off a tip identifying Chen Yi-hsiung from video footage shot near the attack, authorities spent months tracing the bullets used in the attack to an illegal gunmaker, and then to Chen Yi-hsiung. Investigators questioned his family, who police say burned suicide notes that may have explained his actions. (His wife later appeared in a video apologizing for her husband's crime.) But President Chen's foes claim that the assassination attempt was engineered to win sympathy votes?and with Chen the suspect dead, they argue that the investigators' findings are impossible to prove. "The police reasoning...
George Bush starts many of his Social Security roundtable conversations with the same awkward moment. He asks an economist to explain why the retirement system is in crisis and then interrupts him. "It's an interesting lesson here, by the way," said the President last Thursday of the Ph.D. sitting with him on stage. "He's an advisor. Now, he is the Ph.D., and I am a C-student-or was a C-student. Now, what's that tell...