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...would be my pledge that the University will, in the future as in the past, uphold the commitment to academic freedom with all the vigor that we can,” Summers said in the April 8 statement...
...spite of restrictions that some fear may threaten academic freedom, however, the relationships between most U.S. research institutions and the government is far from antagonistic...
...Nobody seems to recognize this more than the autocrats themselves. There is only one Saddam Hussein in the pantheon of Arab despotism. But every Arab leader has something to answer for when it comes to freedom and human rights. Many of them began initiating political and economic reforms on the fringes years ago, but the threat of Islamic extremism and Bush's dramatic response to it has moved the matter of reform to center stage...
...down reform, alone, is never going to produce true freedom in the Middle East. But the democratic openings we are seeing could create a dynamic that gradually forces the autocrats to share more power with others, truly open their stagnant economies to outside investment and respect human rights. Peace, free trade and respect for the rule of law will give democracy a better chance. Evolutionary change, so long as it is not really an excuse for the status quo, will doubtless be less disruptive than revolutionary change...
...same "izdiham" as Iraqi cars is a reminder that Iraq is nominally occupied, and should therefore be neither anarchic nor chaotic. If the angry protests staged daily in front of the Palestine and Sheraton hotels where the media are staying are any indication, Iraqis are demanding their freedom from a brutal imperialist occupation - although clearly not sufficiently brutal to suppress the demonstrations themselves, which a mere month ago would have been greeted with machine gun fire...