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...Afghan culture, women are seen as the repository of family honor, and the education of girls--whether in terms of the design of school buildings or in the way in which classes are conducted--needs to reflect that reality," says Matt Waldman, the Afghan policy adviser for Oxfam, which released a damning report in 2006 on the state of education in Afghanistan. It shows that the ratio of boys to girls in primary school is roughly 2 to 1, but by the time girls enter secondary school (and puberty), the ratio drops to four boys for every girl. In more...
Huckabee's campaign is like The Chronicles of Narnia or VeggieTales cartoons: a Christian crossover product. For Old Guard evangelical leaders, not getting pop culture used to be a badge of honor; think Jerry Falwell's outing of Teletubby Tinky Winky or Pat Robertson's listing immoral TV as one reason for the Sept. 11 attacks. But Huckabee doesn't just engage with pop culture. He soaks...
...there is no honor in shortcuts. Today's dopers are like Rosie Ruiz's winning the marathon in 1980?because she took the subway. Are Pistorius' blades the equivalent of his attaching wheels to his running shoes? "We end up with these subtle, fascinating debates about what the meaning of competition is, and endless debate over where to draw the line," says Tom Murray, president of the Hastings Center, a bioethics think tank. "Don't underestimate how difficult it will be to evaluate all the technologies that are likely to filter into sport...
...honor heroes?in sports as in life?for grace and guts as well as natural gifts. When something comes easily, it's easy not to work at it, like the bright kid who coasts through class: talent taps persistence on the shoulder, says, You're not needed here. But put the two together, Tiger Woods' easy power and ferocious discipline?and he makes history. There's some sweet irony in the fact that before Pistorius came along, there was no need for the rules that now ban him. Only when the disabled runner challenged the able-bodied ones did officials...
...like to increase public awareness and public involvement, holding town meetings, reaching out to the community,” she said. “And when I say community, Harvard is part of that community.” Simmons also said she is committed to honoring African-American history in Cambridge, beginning with plans for a statue in honor of Prince Hall, a former slave who founded Black Freemasonry and was a prominent Bostonian during the Revolutionary era. “I call it ‘Re-wrighting,’” she said...