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...should be the duty of those in the media, people with such unfettered access to the masses, to at least begin raising those questions. The intent to make a dollar is fine and dandy, but there should be another goal—to start a dialogue regarding serious issues...
...Percentage the Chinese military budget will rise this year, to just under $45 billion, which prompted the U.S. to call for the Chinese government to be clearer about the scope and intent of its rapid arms buildup...
...Cheney more than most. He was still wired in on everything, but that didn't mean he was in touch. He was convinced he was right about grave matters - that Saddam Hussein was a threat that had to be removed, that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and was intent on using them, that critics of Administration policy were at best misguided and at worst traitorous. "It's always been a joke in his office that his staff is extraneous," said a staff member. "The only thing you can do is provide him with information he doesn't possess...
...want to be perfectly clear: I am not calling anyone a racist. It’s an accusation that gets thrown around too often on college campuses, and there is no evidence of malicious intent at any point during “The Tent Commandments.” Many college students might even argue that, given these conditions, the Pudding show is harmless, pointing to characters like Borat...
...little girl would grow up indoctrinated by her environment, doomed to a fate of wearing hejab without having had the chance to truly choose. But living here over the years, observing the girls in my social circle grow from little girls into teenagers, and from teenagers into single women intent on getting married, I've concluded this is not necessarily the case. These girls came of age in the same culture as my friend's little girl, into a society whose middle-class value system was being transformed, where laws forced religious observance, and the lines between an individual...