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...furor over the offensive cartoons originating from Denmark cannot be said to be unexpected. The caricatures are without a doubt condemnable and indeed tasteless, to say the least. For once, the West - especially Europe - is confronted with the need to re-examine its self-absorbed democratic culture, one that doesn't give a hoot about the sensibilities of others. Sunny Esho Innsbruck, Austria...
...furor over the now delayed deal to allow a United Arab Emirates company to operate six U.S. ports was tailor-made for talk radio. Arabs! At the ports! But the genuinely scary aspect of the deal was warnings from security experts that it doesn't much matter who operates America's maritime centers because none of them is totally secure. The problem pointed to most often is a lack of oversight. Customs agents inspect a small percentage of shipping containers, but the Bush Administration asks cargo companies to supervise the bulk of security. It's an arrangement designed to allow...
...Bartlett's car radio. Congressional anger over President George W. Bush's decision to allow a Dubai-owned company to operate terminals at major U.S. ports had been at a low boil for days before the White House got its first inkling of the furor: Bartlett, the presidential counselor, happened to tune in to conservative talk-show host Michael Savage on the way home from work. By the time the President moved to quash it several days later with assurances that he wouldn't have allowed the deal "if there was any chance that this transaction would jeopardize the security...
...many years and having had the opportunity to know a number of impressive heads of educational institutions, I cannot accept Pinker’s dismissal of others who occupy the demanding position of college or university president. The most effective academic leaders do not rule by fist, fiat, furor, or fear, but rather by listening, building consensus, and creating a context for the institution to thrive.Leaders, as opposed to managers, are expected to have a broad vision of their institution, a set of ambitious but manageable goals, the skill to choose and trust lead staff members, the capacity to devise...
...text and placed alongside other anti-Semitic cartoons that have already been published by Arab-language newspapers—and this juxtaposition was specifically intended to foster dialogue about religious censorship rather than blatantly offend readers. This also begs the question of why offensive Muslim images have caused such furor, both among some readers on campus and abroad, when similarly offensive anti-Semitic cartoons have provoked little to no response. This discrepancy empirically reiterates the need for wide-ranging discussions on religion and censorship that the cartoons initially raise. While the Salient is certainly commendable in its bold publication...