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...threat has a certain beautiful logic, even if following through with it would be suicidal. To conservatives who don't love Giuliani but hate Hillary Clinton, the message is very simple: Don't bother swallowing your principles to stop Clinton because if enough pro-lifers shift to a third party, Rudy loses anyway. The purists are also making a pragmatic argument: If your conscience doesn't guide you, how about self-interest? Take abortion off the table, warns Richard Land, the Southern Baptists' political point man, and "what you do is give the Democrats a license to go hunting...
...sorry to burst the bubbles of all you tyrannical Theresas, but Dean Pilbeam’s letter hits too close to home. At the very least, his three-pronged take on why the party grant program needed to be axed is grounded in undeniably sound logic. First, Dean Pilbeam rightly notes that the UC has not taken the necessary initiative to prevent the use of UC funds for underage drinking. I had a party when I turned 20, and even though I invited Ryan Petersen, he didn’t come. Had he or one of his peers...
...me—it was less like being talked to and more like being verbally slapped in the face. When I told one of the members of the Core Department which courses I was petitioning to count for credit and for which areas, I was informed that, using the logic that Cores should count for other students if it counts for me, the course can’t have capped enrollment and it has to be offered in future years. I felt like someone had hit me over the head with 1,115 Justice coursepacks. The number of students...
...This irresponsible rhetoric has real harms, for individuals and for international relations. It shouldn’t be a surprise when countries the United States calls “evil” respond in kind with similar posturing and ridiculous assertions. While the Iranian government’s logic is seriously flawed, it’s less easy to dismiss if we consider our own government’s inaccurate name-calling. This mutually disingenuous verbal battle only increases enmity and tension between nations. Before criticizing Iran, even if such criticism is deserved and accurate, we should examine...
...girl runs TV show; All-American hard-ass becomes her boss; both have to deal with All-American antics of All-American weirdo celebrity.” In just 21 episodes, Fey and Co. have created a fictional New York so rich with supporting characters and delightfully off-kilter logic that it could unseat the Simpsons’ Springfield as TV’s most fascinating city.PUBLIC SCORN INDEX: 97%“Friday Night Lights” (NBC)Fridays, 9 p.m.Season Two Premiere: Oct. 5Don’t worry. You don’t have to see the movie...