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...Glasgow, where his works are shown as a theatrical installation called "Sharmanka" (Russian for hurdy-gurdy), Bersudsky began sculpting in Leningrad in the late 1960s. There, out of sight of the authorities, he poured his sarcasm and frustration at the Soviet Union's dead hand on artistic and cultural freedom into giant, busy works built of scrap iron and wooden carvings such as the precarious Pisa Tower - a collection of Jewish figures struggling frantically to keep their balance - or Noah's Ark, a warped bestiary sailing forever in search of dry land...
...HCAP Web site. The conference was packed with thematic events, including a lecture by Professor Charles H. Langmuir, who teaches Science B-35: “How to Build a Habitable Planet,” a trip to New York to meet with the architect of the Freedom Tower at Ground Zero, and a presentation by the Allston Development Group.The themes and accompanying activities vary year to year and continent to continent: at the 2007 Hong Kong University conference, Bruemmer remembers her delegation’s tour of an import-export company. “It was really incredible, because...
...only industry protected by the Constitution. A free press, as Jefferson noted, is part of our system of checks and balances; it is one of the few guarantors of democracy. But for the press to remain free, we need to preserve both the reality and the appearance of that freedom, and endorsements undermine that...
Vatican diplomacy is indeed a delicate endeavor, and freedom is a double-edged sword. If the Church is granted the role of mediator in the phase-out of the command economy and state-controlled media, it would apparently have much to gain in securing the good will of Cubans. Still, liberalizing Cuban society could come with troubling side effects for the Catholic hierarchy. A free economic market could bring the kind of unbridled capitalism that both John Paul and Benedict have denounced in the West, while complete religious freedom would open the door in Cuba to the previously shut...
Bertone, the Vatican's equivalent of a prime minister, will try to use the fortuitously scheduled visit to give a boost to local Catholic leaders and position the Church as a bridge for bringing political and economic freedom to Cuba. The initial priority is reinforcing Catholic religious life on the island. Says one Vatican diplomat who monitors the situation in Cuba: "Steps forward have been taken, but the situation remains difficult. There needs to be new churches built on the island... [and] complete religious freedom." Ultimately, though, Vatican leaders are aiming even higher. As the only institution besides the state...