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...misguided accommodationist policy may inadvertently divide as opposed to unite the diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds present in Cambridge is regrettable. More dangerously, it bolsters support for the idea that religious fundamentalism (particularly Islam) is incompatible with Western society. Harvard would do well not to make itself a breeding ground for this sort of feeling...
...skeptics said it would never happen, but six and a half years after 9/11, congressional Democrats have stood their ground against President Bush in a debate pitting civil liberties against national security. On Thursday, House Democrats refused to hold a vote on a Senate-approved bill that would permanently expand the government's eavesdropping authority and grant immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the government monitor conversations in the past. With a stopgap law expiring Saturday, the showdown has set up a political battle likely to play out through the November elections - if both sides refuse to back down...
...looks like both parties are happy to test the question. They agree that compromise is possible on the actual wiretapping authorizations, in particular giving spies the right to listen in on foreign communications passing through the U.S. But the White House says it is unwilling to negotiate middle ground on the issue of retroactive immunity for the telecoms. The Democrats have offered two compromises: a court review of the issue to see if retroactive immunity is warranted, and a transfer of liability for past lawbreaking from the telecoms to the government. The Senate rejected both, and 21 House Democrats urged...
...Hornets insist they are trying. Weber points to the dozens of picnics and cocktail parties to which the team has flocked, a grassroots effort to connect with fans on the ground. The prices are relatively fan-friendly: the average Hornets ticket costs $31, just 60% of the NBA league average...
...Central America has, for years, been a dumping ground for unwanted used clothing from the United States, thanks to church giveaways, hurricane relief drives and other charitable and business endeavors. (See video below) The legacy of that goodwill has turned Nicaragua's streets into a living, if slightly tattered, scrapbook of pop culture memories: everything from "Avoid the Noid" and "Party Animal, Spuds Mackenzie," to "I'm Too Sexy for My Shirt...