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...city is being questioned. How can the wealthiest country in the world turn its back on its own people? America may spend $30 billion reconstructing Iraq but quibbles about spending money on New Orleans. Let's hope that the recent Mardi Gras celebration will rally public opinion in favor of rebuilding the once proud city. Tony Keast Halifax, England On a Different Wavelength Joe Klein's column "Bush's broken political antenna" [March 6] remarked that in response to recent controversies, ranging from the debate over foreign control of U.S. ports to the awful news coming from Iraq and Iran...
...practical language to ameliorate the insecurities of a few, the UC childishly invokes the rights of man and the precious term “heteronormative,” that subtle, lurking form of homophobia by which it is institutionally assumed that most people are straight.Surely, students are overwhelmingly in favor of co-ed housing. But, frankly, why should their opinions really matter? With each matriculating freshman class, I am struck not by the maturity of these 18 year-olds, but by the youthfulness they exhibit. Many enter the gates after living under parents’ roofs and rules, and they...
Those who know baseball as the art of the arbitrage will point out that its simple concepts—pitching match-ups, defensive alignments, and the like—favor zigs and unexpected zags...
...support for the war thickens and thins as events unfold. While polls showed that 68% of Americans were in favor of the invasion three years ago, that figure fell as what looked like a quick victory stalled, rose when Saddam was pulled from his spider hole, sank with the sickening pictures from Abu Ghraib, but then rose a bit again as Iraqis defied threats and went to the polls, setting an example for a region where free elections are about as common as leprechauns. In recent weeks the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine, the bodies dumped in shallow graves...
...friendliness of the people. It appears that the decision to rebuild the city is being questioned. How can the U.S. turn its back on its own people, but spend $30 billion reconstructing Iraq? Let's hope that the recent Mardi Gras celebration will rally public opinion in favor of rebuilding the once proud city...