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...ouster of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. In desperately trying to hold on to power, Musharraf is making a joke of democracy. Democracy is not about installing a puppet parliament by forming an alliance with a popular political party; it has to do with having sound institutions and freedom of expression. Musharraf has set Pakistan back many years and undone the past eight years of his rule. Sadly, he was the one who claimed he was liberating Pakistan from the shackles of backwardness. Syed Arif Rehman, KARACHI...
...frigging words!" - prize money kept rolling in. "I was working on a sentence at the war's end, about how the former Nazi camps were being filled with prisoners by the Soviets," he recalls. "It struck me that it was happening all over again, in America - the limits on freedom of speech, the first evidence of torture." As a U.S. resident, Verhaeghen would have to pay American income tax on his prize money, then about $25,000. "I could imagine it would go for schools and hospitals, but in reality much of it would fund the war in Iraq...
When I got elected to the legislature in 1972, I became an advocate of personal freedom, not prosecuting people for things that were their own choices, and I was for reducing the penalty for the use of marijuana. And when I got to Congress—I forget when somebody brought it to my attention—but as soon as they did I said, “Yeah, that’s crazy,” and I guess I became involved after people started publicly arguing for the right to do it. It may have been during AIDS...
...students can have difficulty finding mentors and getting recommendations when faculty may not remain at the university for a long time, Another major concern for organizations like the AAUP and the American Federation of Teachers is that a lack of tenure puts a “constraint on academic freedom.” “If a faculty member is worried about being rehired, that kind of person is going to be less likely to tackle courses that are controversial,” Curtis said. “Grad students have the added vulnerability that they may be putting...
...cigarettes during lunch, it is ridiculous that 83 percent of elementary schools are making a profit on the sale of fattening snacks. Naturally, good eating habits must be developed and nurtured at home, but parents have little control over how children use their lunch money at school. When given freedom of choice, few children can be relied upon to make well-informed decisions that prioritize their long-term health. The legislators backing this bill should be applauded for recognizing that the government has a moral imperative to encourage smart dietary choices and halt the alarming spread of childhood obesity...