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...values that I hold dear as an American have been destroyed by this Republican-dominated government. Freedom of speech disappeared when Americans who spoke out against Bush's policies were labeled unpatriotic. The right to a fair trial exists only as long as we are not flown to Guant?namo Bay or a secret prison. I can no longer defend my country's policies. I hope the world understands that the Republicans are not representative of all the American people. Christine Buxton Geneva...
...some Muslim men are so lacking in self-control that a mere glimpse of female flesh would drive them into a sexual frenzy. Since even animals do not behave that badly, I suggest that such men be put in cages in a zoo and the women be given their freedom and a little up-to-date education. After all, this is Britain in the 21st century, not the Arab world or the Middle Ages. Judith Lawrence Filey, England...
...came out in September). Like many of the American writers who decamped to Europe in the last century, these transplants write largely about their homeland. The Internet, satellite television and eased travel restrictions keep them abreast of life in China, but distance can give them a fresh perspective - and freedom to say things unwelcome in Beijing. The Uninvited will not get Yan invited to many Beijing banquets. Dan Dong and his wife Little Plum have come to the capital from impoverished Gansu province and a childhood diet of "dark gruel made of tree bark and sorghum." Subsisting now on noodles...
...chooses and may say so. But doing so on the basis of a candidate’s creed would be irrational and intolerant. If most people adopted the policy of voting down the adherents of particular religions, then the U.S. would take another step away from tolerance and freedom. WILLIAM J. FERRARI Rochester, Mich. November...
...most part, the Task Force likes what it has but needs a more convincing justification for the status quo. Perhaps we need something more revolutionary, though at Harvard a dramatic change seems unlikely. One of the initial approaches of the Committee on General Education favored freedom, suggesting that it would suffice if students took three classes in each of the educational arenas (Science and Technology, the Study of Society, and Arts and Humanities). The proposal currently on the table centers instead on connecting our books with the tools our generation will need to face its challenges. Both these ideas...