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From a broad perspective, little may be accomplished by jailing Polanski—his victim has expressed no desire to see Polanski punished, the arrest comes decades after the fact, and Polanski has by all known accounts not committed any other transgressions. But the idea that this man should be given a free pass simply because he is a celebrity or because his punishment is overdue is offensive to the idea that all individuals are to be treated as equals under the law. Roman Polanski’s life has been difficult and his achievements great, but he should have...
ERIC BESSON, French Immigration Minister, on the Sept. 22 dismantling of a makeshift refugee camp in the northern city of Calais. Known as "the jungle," it housed hundreds of Afghans and Pakistanis...
...public, Mary, who died Sept. 16 at 72, was known for being charismatic, indomitable and beautiful. A Kentucky native raised amid the blossoming folk-music scene of Greenwich Village, she inspired us to confront the disgrace of racial segregation and injustice, to halt an immoral war in Vietnam and to right much of the historical inequity between men and women. Many of the songs she sang, including "Blowin' in the Wind" and "If I Had a Hammer," became anthems for a decade of change...
Renowned alpinist Anker, who discovered the long-lost body of English mountaineer George Mallory on Mount Everest in 1999, discussed his expedition to Tibet’s Chang Tang Plateau in search of the calving grounds of the Tibetan antelope. Also known as the chiru, the endangered animal is often hunted for its fine wool...
Chenoweth, though, was a known factor entering the race, having paired with captain Chas Gillespie to finish one-two against the Bulldogs last season. The question for the Crimson men was who could fill out the rest of the lineup—and on alumni weekend, it was the squad’s youth that delivered...