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...intention to press regimes to subject themselves to the popular will, and also a readiness in Washington to respect the resulting political choices of Arab citizens, that would indeed mark a revolutionary break with the past. But the skepticism with which the President's comments were greeted among the freedom-starved peoples of the Arab world is not without foundation...
Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the Bush administration’s actions, beyond the deliberate use of misleading facts, is that they effectively deny the keystone principle underlying the doctrine of academic freedom; that academic disciplines must be self-governing communities of inquiry. Philosophers, not politicians, should decide what counts as good philosophy; chemists, not bureaucrats, should be allowed to say when somebody is doing serious chemistry. This is not to say that academics must remain aloof from politically charged questions; quite the contrary. The problem is not the intermingling of politics and science per se, but rather...
...same time, Bush has described the war on terror from the beginning in Manichaean terms not all that different from Boykin's. "Today, our nation saw evil," he said on Sept. 11, 2001. "Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them," he told the nation nine days later. Boykin may be understandably perplexed about what line he crossed by referring to evil as "a guy called Satan...
...head veiled in the classroom, and after a five-year battle she wins - except the court also rules that states are free to establish head-scarf bans of their own. Confused? You're not alone. In these three cases - all making news in the past few weeks - religious freedom and cultural identity clash with secular ideals. In all three, the decision-makers said they were upholding their countries' laws on the separation of church or mosque and state. But taken together, the cases raise uncomfortable questions about tolerance. Why, for instance, should a religious symbol like a crucifix be acceptable...
...images of gays on regular TV and they always seem to be in wigs and high heels." France's Pink TV aims to use similar programming to reach thousands of French homosexuals, as well as to "seduce people who aren't gay, but identify with the values of freedom, tolerance and openness," says the channel's marketing and communication director, Pierre Garnier. Unlike the GAY-TV audience, who can pick up the channel free with a satellite dish, Pink TV viewers will pay an extra j9 a month to watch the selection of game shows, documentaries and lifestyle programs...