Word: freedom
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...Some argue that, if we acknowledge our less-than-secular state, powerful religious groups in America might use this as an excuse to dominate American politics. It is apparent, however, that they do this anyway. Freedom lovers worldwide who look on American secularism with adoration would be repulsed by the revelation of how great an influence religious and pseudo-religious parties have in the United States. Failing to acknowledge this relationship will prove detrimental to our domestic as well as our foreign policy...
...Undergraduates had high expectations for the new January term. We anticipated the possibility of new and interesting classes, college-backed internships, and short-term study-abroad programs, all offered with the freedom for students to create their own January experience. It is lamentable that the College is considering not only dropping these possible opportunities, but also refusing the majority of students to even live on campus during the term. Without living accommodations, students will even be denied the liberty to participate in self-directed J-term activities on campus, whether that is research, an internship, or an extracurricular. January...
...Truth and Consequences Re "What Would Lincoln Do?": Lincoln dedicated his life to the pursuit of economic freedom for all [Feb. 16]. But lost in the debate on the current stimulus plan is any mention of personal responsibility. That lack of responsibility on Main Street, Wall Street and Capitol Hill is what got us into this mess to begin with. Sure, we all have the right to rise, but we have forgotten that with rights come responsibilities. Jason Peirce, Calabasas, Calif...
...exact opposite of Basham’s findings: namely, that the majority of high-achieving males would prefer to stay at home if money allowed and that most mothers married to men with annual earnings of over $120,000 remain in the workforce, in spite of their financial freedom. More damagingly, Basham confuses the distinction between correlation and causation: women’s stated desire to revert to the home may have stronger grounding in the cultural myth of the happy homemaker and in the pervasive prejudices against women in high-powered jobs, rather than in a genuine lust...
...Emerald would have been threatened under the arrangement proposed by the board of directors. Though Smith and the board assured the students that the publisher would not make serious changes to the content of the newspaper, giving an outside source complete supervisory control nevertheless places the editorial freedom of the Emerald’s student editors in a precarious position...