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Locked Up in the Land of the Free Your dashboard graphic showing the breakdown of inmates by race reminded me about why our prison system has deservedly earned us the contempt of the world [March 17]. We incarcerate a larger percentage of the population than any other nation, and the government puts away harmless souls under the guise of fighting its two "wars" on terrorism and drugs. It's a tragic irony that freedom is now a mere buzzword in a land once regarded by many as a beacon to the world. Gordon Wilson, LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIF...
...complex peacekeeping operations to work - i.e. those that involve civilian protection, rebuilding governance structures - they seem to need such a high ratio of input to outcome that they are feasible only in small places like Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone ... and possibly the Comoros. Try doing it on a larger scale with a serious government in place and it's almost impossible. What is possible in cases like Darfur is more conventional peacekeeping based on an agreement between the parties, but trying to do peacekeeping plus protection plus justice is too demanding for the system to bear and it ends...
...clearly didn't want to detour into voicing the kind of open criticism of Brown's Iraq policy he has expressed in recent interviews. ( "Obviously I would like to have seen [British troops] stay longer and larger. At the time, I didn't think it was a good idea, but I understood the domestic British political situation," McCain told the Daily Telegraph in February about British plans for a drawdown in Basra.) Where he wanted to move on to was the much more comfortable area of shared aspirations. "We expressed our great appreciation for the long-standing and unique relationship...
...It’s extremely essential that people understand that men are combatting this issue,” said Schwartz, who is a member of both the OSAPR advisory board and HMAR. A MISSION FOR ALL MENThe members of HMAR say that people, both at Harvard and in the larger community, must recognize that sexual violence happens and affects females and males alike—as friends and lovers or as victims and perpetrators.According to the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Statistics, 97.8 percent of sex offenders in 2005 were male.Although this statistic only includes reported cases...
...University’s long-standing “every tub on its own bottom” philosophy, in which each school was responsible for its own finances and fundraising. This system has put smaller schools like the Divinity School and Kennedy School at a disadvantage while favoring larger schools with wealthier alumni. Summers ordered the creation of a system to share donor information across schools, University President Drew G. Faust said in an interview yesterday. Rogers said that the University Development Office has had success this year in raising money from donors affiliated with FAS for a wide range...