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Mental health is at root a medical issue, but it is also a matter of honor. The current epidemic of suicides will be a stain in the history of the United States, but the U.S. has always moved to correct its injustices of the past. As such, any effort of the U.S. military to extend mental-health services for its troops should be one that all Americans embrace...
...wished to show that they had not acted out of contempt for the authority of the Pope, but out of their wish to preserve Catholic tradition. The Pope’s intention is to foster an internal continuity between the Catholic Church and its neglected traditions. But a grave matter has intervened...
...will be back with a vengeance next season. With no seniors on the squad and seven out of the starting nine in their first or second years, the team will certainly be a top contender for the 2010 Howe Cup—and the 2011 Howe Cup, for that matter.“I’m really excited about next year,” O’Donnell said. “I think we needed the experience of a national-title match. It changes the way you look at the rest of your career. It matures and focuses...
...Presidents shouldn’t appoint just anyone to their administrations, and Harvard offers some great talents. But no matter how smart they are, professors are still human. Groups of likeminded people fall victim to groupthink—sometimes with disastrous results. Indeed, when David Halberstam wrote his account of the Johnson administration’s bungling of Vietnam, he entitled it, “The Best and the Brightest...
...There has yet to be any reaction from the State Department but, before the vote, the State said simply that the referendum was an internal matter for the Venezuelans to decide upon. Despite declaring during his campaign last year that he'd be willing to meet with Chávez, U.S. President Barack Obama in a recent interview was critical of the Venezuelan and his stridently anti-U.S. stance. Washington will now watch to see if Chávez, who controls the western hemisphere's largest oil reserves, can retain his boisterous influence in the Americas - and survive politically...