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...contrast to his attack on academic freedom, my course models a democratic openness. This week, the students will read about and then interview Dr. Paul Farmer, who labors among AIDS patients at the clinic he founded in Haiti. The interview will give us an opportunity to deliberate pressing moral questions, about how we choose to use our own abilities, and about our collective choices in a world of health inequities. I admire my students for taking such issues seriously...
...mayor's mind was made up. Gay activists came to city hall every year as part of a protest movement called Freedom to Marry. Newsom timed his directive so that this year they would not be turned away. During the long Presidents' Day weekend, Newsom even officiated at some weddings, including those of his chief of staff and his policy director. Meanwhile, impromptu parties convened on the city hall steps. Each couple that emerged waving a certificate was saluted by a mariachi band and a tap-dance troupe. Cookies, cake and roses were passed around. "This is our generation...
Open criticism of the government last week reached a level not seen since the fall of Shah Reza Pahlavi. In a letter to Khamenei, angry reformist Majlis members denounced his repressive policies and compared him unflatteringly with his predecessor. "The popular revolution brought freedom and independence in the name of Islam," they wrote. "But now you lead a system in which legitimate freedoms and the rights of the people are being trampled in the name of Islam." Khamenei's allies responded immediately, with judicial officials shutting down Iran's two leading reformist dailies for daring to publish parts...
...would people bother going out just to cook their own meal? "Americans want control," says Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of research for the National Restaurant Association. "The cook-it-yourself experience embodies the quintessential American values of freedom of choice and independence." Riehle also points to a widening curiosity about immigrant cuisines. With families spending 46% of their food budget on meals outside the home, family members miss the cooking experience--sort of. "It's the Betty Crocker cake-mix thing," says Pamela Parseghian, executive food editor at Nation's Restaurant News. "People still want to add the eggs...
...Jesus (Willem Dafoe) is not God born as man. He is a man who discovers - or invents - his own divinity. And he is both tormented and excited by the revelation. This Judas (Harvey Keitel) is a strong, loving activist. He wants to overthrow the Roman occupiers, while Jesus wants freedom for the soul. To fulfill his covenant, Judas must betray not Jesus but his own ideal of revolution. He must hand the man he most loves over to the Romans...