Word: freedoms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...from a wider perspective, it's hopeful." To me it looks as though the struggle for Tibetan independence from China will further diminish after the Dalai Lama's death. Exile and inaction never yield positive results. Although it is true that peaceful methods of promoting the cause of Tibetan freedom should be adopted, what has the Dalai Lama done to direct those efforts? In today's world, substituting philosophy for action does not yield results. Zubair Khan Frankfurt, Germany...
...deplorable that we are spending so much time, effort and money in Iraq fighting a war based on lies. We proclaim how great it is that Americans are bringing freedom to Iraqis, but we are not lifting a finger militarily to stop the killings in Sudan. Our priorities as a nation are completely messed up. Thomas Rasmussen Eagle Mountain...
...battleground we have not yet entered. All immigrants and children in public, private and religious schools should receive a continuous program of civics, tolerance and respect demanded by our democratic societies. This is not just a war on the ground but also a struggle over the freedom of the mind. Stephen Vineberg Montreal I was disappointed that so much of your reporting on the future was devoted to gadgetry. Do we really need any more silly electronic gewgaws? The key to heading off the real crises the world will face in the future is in developing alternative energy sources. Daniel...
Instead of poverty, however, Abadie discovered a distinct relationship between “the levels of political freedom a nation affords and the severity of terrorism.” Those nations at either extreme—North Korean on the totalitarian side and the United States on the democratic side—had very few instances of terrorism, whereas those nations in the middle, nations that were neither totally free nor totally state-run, had the highest rates of occurrence. It should come as little surprise that the Middle East falls into the middle category of nations where terrorist activity...
Thus President Bush’s promise to bring liberty and freedom to the Middle East should not be viewed as some crackpot scheme or the manifestation of a bizarre messiah complex, but rather a course of action that is exceedingly common-sense. Knowing what we know now about the nature of terrorism, it seems that Bush’s ideas are not only reasonable but are in fact the only long-term solution to the problem we face. Since only freedom has been shown to reduce the incidence of both domestic and international terror, doesn?...