Word: mindedness
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An evil grips America, a life-sapping, drug-related habit. It beclouds reason and corrodes the spirit. It undermines authority and nourishes a low-minded culture of winks and smirks. It's the habit of drug prohibition, and it's quietly siphoning off the resources that might be better used...
So why don't we kick the prohibition habit? Is it high-minded puritanism that holds us back, or political cowardice? Or maybe it's time to admit that we cling to prohibition for the same reason we cling to so many other self- destructive habits: because we like the...
But what did Carde's perspective really show? He expected the people of Ovett to be narrow-minded, raving bigots; he probably thought he would be greeted by men in white hoods. When he discovered that his stereotype was mistaken, he turned to condescension, expressing pity for an ignorant community...
The article presents a deceptive objectivity--deceptive because it includes Carde's preconceptions among its basic premises. The region is described by reporter Peter Appleborne as "one of the most conservative corners of a conservative state"; Ovett itself is "a dog-eared of 1200." Appleborne attributes the monolithic strength of...
What he fails to mention is that last semester the Council awarded a grant to the Alliance for Life. In the past, the Council has also funded Peninsula and AALARM, Understandably, liberal-minded students were upset about this. However, by maintaining its content-neutral stance, the Finance Committee supports the...