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...faculty first voted 218-185 in favor of a no-confidence motion last March, following the criticism of Summers’ remarks about women...
...paper chooses to publish these cartoons—be it the Salient, or Jyllands-Posten, or any other newspaper—we support that right. The marketplace functions only with a free and uninhibited press and on the inviolable premise that valuable and meritorious thought will naturally win favor. This is not to say that newspapers should disregard entirely their sensitivities towards various groups, but to practice outright self-censorship in the name of religious sensitivity and toleration not only hampers the free exchange of the marketplace of ideas but also suggests a surrender to the very self-censorship that...
...Cornell (9-16-0, 5-14-0), however, proved a worthy adversary, matching the Crimson’s intensity in a contest that would not be decided until the final seconds.With the clock dwindling late in the third period and Harvard trailing 4-2, Stone pulled the goaltender in favor of an extra attacker. Harvard scored a goal with 20 seconds left in the game. Off a faceoff, Jenny Brine deflected a pass from Kati Vaughn past Big Red goalie Beth Baronick, preserving a glimmer of hope for the Crimson. But the game-tying goal eluded Harvard, ending the game...
Since most pediatricians regard the hubbub over the possible risks of vaccines as silly (which it may be) and the growing trend among some parents not to vaccinate as dangerous (which it almost certainly is), I'm sure those docs thought they were doing us hysterical moms a favor by fudging the truth. And 20 years ago, we may never have realized what they were up to. But these days, any parent with a PC can do a quick Google search to determine the exact degree to which their physicians are treating them like children. Even the most obscure medical...
...patients who would need them to survive. "In this situation," they write, "triage of resources would be needed to offer 'the greatest good for the greatest number.'" That means that the very sick or the very old would probably be denied ventilator support?even removed from the machines?in favor of those more likely to survive. The assumption that most people in the developed world have about medical care?that everything possible will be done to help the sick?would be shattered. Doctors would be left to allocate scarce resources, deciding who should live and who should die. If that...