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...others were. There is no hope for peace on earth as long as war is considered the right thing to do. Each side in a war considers its cause to be right, including the Taliban and al-Qaeda, which call their wars "holy" - another oxymoron. When will people ever learn? Carlos Carrier, Long Beach, Calif...
...September 13, 2001, a former top British counter-terrorism officer offered U.S. officials a warning, according to Mayer. At lunch with Tyler Drumheller, at the time the Chief of the CIA’s Clandestine Operations in Europe, the official said, “You need to learn from our history.” He cited the failure of British efforts to suppress the Irish Republican Army with coercive tactics. “We decided to turn the terrorists’ tactics back on them. For a time, it worked. It stopped the immediate attacks. But watch out, it?...
...acted too soon to learn from their history, but we still have time to learn from...
...stop one to ask who they are. They are some young leaders group, having to do with pre-med high school students. They might stop to get their pictures taken with the signs, taking note of what it is to take a stand, before going on their way to learn about making a different kind of difference...
...where I fit in. Like many other young and idealistic Harvard freshman, I am using this summer as a time to test the waters of the “real world,” trying to make it a better place with everything that I’ve learned at Harvard. That is why I chose to work at a microfinance institution (MFI) in Cambodia. For many people, microfinance has philanthropic connotations because of its focus on the world’s poorest. This is not a completely inaccurate depiction, as it does offer many options for the poor that...