Word: freedom
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...supports the Iranian president’s recent denial of the Holocaust, reveals the darkest entrails of religious hypocrisy. While roaming the underground tunnels of Amsterdam, Maher interviews Muslim British rapper Aki Nawaz of the band Propagandhi, whose controversial lyrics glorify terrorism. Incidentally, Nawaz, whose livelihood literally depends on freedom of speech, has no qualms about the fatwa placed on Salman Rushdie for his book “The Satanic Verses,” which incensed Muslim leaders in the late...
...standards if it hopes to preserve its figurative elevation.To be fair, Palin reined in her nationalism, if not her loopy syntax, immediately afterward; she continued, “We are not perfect as a nation. But together, we represent a perfect ideal. And that is democracy and tolerance and freedom and equal rights.” So, yes, she understands that a bitter incongruity exists between American ideals and American realities—that, oftentimes, the poor are rendered mute and immobile under the drone of helicopters and the careerist caution of legislators.But still I wonder. Since that debate, Palin...
...Harvard Book Store. Garber—a world-renowned expert on Shakespeare, chair of the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies and director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts—discussed the paradox of patronizing the arts, namely how benefactors can potentially stifle the creative freedom of artists. To a small audience, Garber said, “The arts are doubly patronized: we are supporting artists, but we are not granting them serious partnership.” She explained that art of all forms—visual, performance and literary—is often seen as recreation...
...nevertheless a public school—mandating that students wear uniforms may at first appear ludicrous. Yet that’s precisely what Hartford, Conn. has required of its public school students. While the imposition of uniforms on public school students is often viewed as a limitation on the freedom of expression and the creativity of our nation’s youth, uniforms are in fact intended to help struggling schools and students foster a sense of academic seriousness and help reduce deleterious distractions. In schools plagued by disciplinary issues or student unrest, uniforms will undoubtedly help to generate...
...part of the relocation, which could take up to five years, the Embassy will sponsor an international design competition calling for energy-efficient building techniques and designs that "celebrate the values of freedom and democracy." All plans remain conditional until the United States Congress and local planning authorities approve the move. Unlike most of its embassies around the world, the United States does not own outright the land surrounding its British facility; it is currently leased (like much of the rest of the borough) from the Duke of Westminster, one of Britain's richest...