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...Biblical Relations.” “We really thought it was important to have an event like this because Judaism has a lot to say about these issues,” says contestant Ari Hoffman ’10. But the underwhelming attendance—a mere 13—seemed to indicate that it wasn’t a priority for many Hillel members. Nevertheless, organizers were not disappointed. “Any time you can get people to come on a weeknight to discuss religion, it’s a good turnout,” says...
...harsh mountainous terrain and the dispersal of the PKK makes it unlikely that the Turkish army will stage a major invasion this year and risk being caught in the mountains with winter fast approaching. Still, the mere threat of Turkish action has had an effect: The last stable part of Iraq no longer feels quite the safe haven it had become for thousands of refugees from the civil war in the rest of the country. "We fled from Baghdad, and now we are afraid of the Turks," said Mary Toma, a Christian refugee from the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad...
...from Burma too!” the choruses one after another, in perpetual refrain, raise, striking so high a pitch that few politically-sensitive observers withhold their applause. But this tired routine cannot—and should not—remain above reproach. This bleeding-heart activism is not mere well-intentioned, innocuous idealism, but potentially a cause of harm—not, thankfully, to the benighted peoples the campaigners ostensibly seek to help—but to their own society.This self-congratulatory student activism, typified by such officious petition-writing, fosters a pernicious habit of moral sloth and validated...
Other Bostonians included among the 25 range from boutique owners and designers to athletes and CEOs, all chosen for “that certain something—a spark that transforms mere good taste into bona fide style,” according to the Globe...
...editors: RE: “Pondering Porn,” editorial, Oct. 28, 2007 The editorial board’s response to Catherine MacKinnon’s speech on pornography in American culture does no justice to her argument. It is a misrepresentation to suggest that her approach consisted merely of “shock tactics.” The pervasive ties between the porn industry and illegal sex-trafficking, and the wide range of statistical evidence demonstrating that exposure to pornography increases an individual’s propensity to commit sex crimes, were but a few of the many...