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Dictatorships require isolation if they hope to survive freedom's onslaught. Fidel Castro's five decades in power were less the product of brilliance and charisma than the result of the U.S.-enforced isolation. Uncle Sam's embargo provided Castro with the shield he needed to survive the demise of the communist bloc. The embargo denied Castro nothing he couldn't buy elsewhere, while his totalitarian communist system has destroyed entrepreneurial initiative, squandered wealth on weapons and brought abject poverty to the Cuban populace. Tony Gonzalez, WEEKI WACHEE...
...that the state does not tell universities what to teach, or hold them accountable to strict standards, primary education, even in public schools, should cede more control to teachers, principals, parents, and communities. Rather than focusing on students achievement as measured on the MCAS, educators should exercise their freedom and responsibility to focus on student learning. While principals and teachers should aim as high as possible with regard to educating their children, maximizing their score on state tests should not be a priority. Unfortunately, many such admirable plans to localize curriculum planning may be limited by the school district?...
...speaking English, this is the United States.” From these two pieces, it seems as if cultural sensitivity is not The Campus Press’s forte. This decision amounts to a serious lapse of judgment on the part of many higher-ups in The Campus Press. Freedom of the press is a right to be defended at all costs. It is crucial to remember, however, that along with asserting the right of freedom of the press comes a responsibility. By virtue of the influence and mission of news publications, it is their responsibility to publish well-informed...
...emotion / A pencil a brush suspended in the air”So Julia Hartwig’s “In Praise of the Unfinished” concludes, leaving her readers suspended in their own emotions. And yet this momentary captivity is liberating: while emotionally entangled, we achieve intellectual freedom by virtue of the poems. We continue on in our incomplete lives armed with the completing questions. Even at 85, Hartwig still discovers new mysteries of life to explore. “Unfinished,” an anthology of her selected poems, is the first English publication from Hartwig...
...Spanish parliament convened a special session late on Friday afternoon to express its unanimous condemnation of the assassination. Socialist spokesperson Diego Lopez Garrido confirmed that Sunday's election would be held as planned, assuring the press that "no matter how hard ETA tries," it will not impede "Spaniards' freedom of expression." Yet the question of whether - and how - the killing might affect the vote was on everyone's mind...