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Nearly one month ago I argued on this page that every Harvard student--not to mention every parent who pays a tuition bill--should know of his or her right not to participate in subsidizing abortions through University Health Services (UHS). I assumed this was as uncontroversial an argument as anyone could make at this University. But a flurry of acrid letters to the editor proved my assumption wrong. The most indignant of these respondents wanted to abolish the right I had advertised and interpreted the right of a woman to choose an abortion as the virtual right...
...process of compromise, each side must make efforts to understand the other, Bishara and Fahmawi criticiz Israel's "Overstated security imperative." Perhaps they have never met one of the hundreds "wounded" in a terror attack, who will suffer handicap and disfigurement for the rest of his life-not to mention known one of the dead. Although we've never experienced the frustration of waiting in lines at checkpoints, and we've never been in a Palestinian village when the Israeli army comes to destory the house of suspected terrorist, we understand that these incidents are difficult, even intolerable, for Plestinians...
...know you shouldn't smoke. You know all that tar and nicotine are destroying your heart and lungs, not to mention what they will eventually do, if you're a man, to your sex life. But if you, like 48 million other Americans, are still smoking, you've got another chance to quit this Thursday as part of the American Cancer Society's 22nd annual Great American Smokeout. One in 4 smokers is expected at least to try kicking the habit. Nobody says it will be easy. A national survey made public last week by the Hazelden Foundation of Center...
...that bank stocks are selling for substantially less than almost any other sector of the market. Tech, drugs and even oil shares trade at a much higher valuation, relative to expected earnings. Why? Because many bank loans have gone bad in Asia, Russia and Latin America, not to mention the Long Term Capital hedge fund...
...trend you may want to take up with your boss. And if you do, mention this figure: 71% of telecommuters say they've happily traded their business shoes for bunny slippers. Everything you need is on the shelves. You might even stay home and get your gear online...