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...staff belittles that Albright was the "clear choice," ignoring other candidates on Clinton's short list, such as Anthony Lake '61, George Mitchell and Richard Holbrooke. Albright was not the clear choice--but most probably the wrong choice. She lacks a consistent and coherent vision for America's role in the post-Cold War world. She admits that her philosophy has been shaped by early life experiences of fleeing Nazis and Communists. But America's next secretary of state should be someone who considers the limitations of U.S. power and the often ambiguous nature of U.S. military interventions instead...
...November 27 editorial, "Demon's Humorless Antics," Justin C. Danilewitz faults a recent piece in Demon, written by Matthew A. Greenbaum '00, for its reference to "Schindler's List." Danilewitz writes that Greenbaum's fiction piece, which satirizes the Crimson Key Society at one point by showing the organization making jokes about "Schindler's List," is guilty of "question[ing]" the "tragedy" and "seriousness" of the Holocaust. Danilewitz goes so far as to say, "It is a sad testimonial to the legacy of our First Amendment that such material is considered to be imbued with enough expressive value...
...topics? We should say no, humor does not have to avoid all weighty issues. We feel that what matters is not simply what topics one deals with but how one deals with them. We also believe that it would have been impossible to have edited out the Schindler's List segment without the piece having lost some of its effectiveness...
...tragedy of the Holocaust and how seriously it must be taken. But in Greenbaum's piece, the humor arose entirely from the thought that here, in this instance, the CKS is fictitiously shown making jokes where jokes are so obviously inappropriate--making jokes about solemn scenes in Schindler's List. Greenbaum's humor relied on its dramatization of the idea that the Holocaust is not a joking matter. We regret that this may have caused some confusion, but we stand by our decision to print the piece as it appeared in our issue. --Jeremy Friedman '98,Demon Vice-President; Matt...
...name. In The Answer, an autobiography published in June, he writes, "I did what was necessary to survive the day, the system, the war--no more, no less." He concedes that hiding his war record was a mistake but blames American Jews for his placement on the U.S. "watch list" of war criminals. He retired in 1992, following a six-year term as Austria's President--during which he was shunned by world leaders. An active grandfather of three, Waldheim now enjoys cycling, sailing and cross-country skiing, and international affairs remains an abiding interest. Recently, he openly criticized...