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...promising development, the revisions do not go far enough. The United States owes a debt of obligation to both its soldiers and its citizens to universally allow caskets to be photographed by the media. These types of bans arise more out of political considerations than a concern for the honor of the dead. During the Vietnam War, photographs of military caskets proved politically dangerous to war supporters as they allowed the public to view and understand the mortal realities of combat. According to USA Today, the term “Dover Test,” for the Air Force base...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Captured Reality | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...they gave us a pretty good beating up at their place,” co-captain Brian McCafferty said. “To come out tonight, especially on Senior Night, was something special, especially for our seniors.”After the game ended, a ceremony was held to honor the four seniors on the team: captains McCafferty and Jimmy Fraser, as well as forwards Nick Coskren and Steve Rolecek. “I thought our seniors in particular led our team in all there was tonight,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Avenges Loss to Tigers | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...medicine. Chances are, you found out about Darwin’s birthday well before reading this, because his face has been everywhere this winter, from the cover of National Geographic to the Queen’s Head Pub last month, where drinks were served and gorilla costumes worn in honor of the bicentennial...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Not the Year of Our Lord | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

...Still, many scientists continue to honor Darwin, certainly out of honest admiration but perhaps also to reinforce the significance of his findings on evolution. But too much praise gives the general public the impression that scientists are all a bunch of Darwin-worshippers. It’s bad enough that books have just been published with titles like Darwin’s Sacred Cause by Adrian Desmond and James Moore, assessing Darwin’s abolitionist tendencies, or Angels and Ages, by Adam Gopnik, which compares Darwin to Lincoln. Worse, these views are often evangelized in the popular press. Even...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Not the Year of Our Lord | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

...honor Darwin’s legacy without attracting the whiff of religious fanaticism? Point out simple inconsistencies in dinner-table debate. (Individuals don’t evolve, populations do.) Remind others that evolution is overwhelmingly uncontroversial among scientists. But, for crying out loud, don’t wax poetic about the genius of Charles Darwin or his noble purpose. You’d be doing your entire species a disservice...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Not the Year of Our Lord | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

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