Word: incorrectness
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...wish to comment upon Long’s assertion that war is an incorrect response nor do I wish to offer some grand, lasting solution. I would merely like to comment upon the state of our campus and our campus media...
...certainly understandable why Duncan M. Currie ’04 would come to the incorrect conclusion that the Sept. 11 terrorist attack and the inability of U.S. security to thwart it somehow justify Israeli attacks on Palestinians (Opinion, “Vindicating Israel’s War on Terror,” Sept. 17). We are a very vulnerable, hurt, fearful and vindictive country following the deaths of thousands of citizens. But we cannot let these emotions cloud our sense when it comes to the Israeli occupation and military actions...
...basic tenet of business-world feminism that women are more collegial than combative males, that sisterhood is powerful. But a thought-provoking, politically incorrect new book turns that conventional wisdom upside down. If colleagues are sisters, the book holds, then look out: the workplace will be fraught with rivalry and dysfunction, because women often betray and undermine one another. (Think Linda Tripp.) "Without fail, in 20 years of conducting conferences and workshops about gender differences in business, almost every participant we've encountered has acknowledged that women damage other women's career aspirations," write authors Pat Heim and Susan Murphy...
...project's more controversial selections. Just last month, The New Republic devoted 4,000 words to explain why he and fellow African-American comic Chris Tucker were "reactionary" and to decry Rock's "reliance upon minstrelsy and coon comedy." The criticism echoes a frequent complaint that Rock's politically incorrect humor gives cover to racists--most infamously his "Niggas vs. Black People" routine from the Bring the Pain HBO special that helped revive his career in 1996 after three years in the wilderness that followed his underutilized tenure on Saturday Night Live. As the heart of the bit went: "Every...
...reporting incorrectly stated that Jeffords announced his departure from the Republican Party in Montpelier, Vt. The press conference was in fact held in Burlington, Vt. The statement that most Vermont residents are registered as Independents was also incorrect; there is no party registration in Vermont. Our information on voter preference was based on opinion surveys. We regret the errors...