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DIED. Bob Hattoy, 56, fiery, influential advocate for the environment and, later, aide to the Clinton Administration on gay and lesbian issues; of complications from AIDS; in Sacramento, Calif. Hattoy, most recently president of California's Fish and Game Commission, famously decried then President George H.W. Bush's "moral blindness" in handling the AIDS crisis in a brief, raw prime-time speech at the 1992 Democratic Convention. The outspoken activist, who opened his '92 remarks by thanking Aretha Franklin, was reassigned to a less visible post after criticizing a proposal Clinton said he'd consider to limit the deployment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Mar. 19, 2007 | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...editors: I just wanted to write to thank you for running the opinion piece on Cage-Free Eggs (“Cage Free Food,” editorial, Mar. 7). It really means a lot to see the Crimson take such a strong moral stance as it has done in this case; not only will this spread a greater awareness of the obvious ethical choice regarding battery cage vs. cage-free, but I feel that many people will be convinced by your accurate and telling article. Many people have a great amount of respect for the Crimson, and I really...

Author: By Robert J. Ross | Title: Cage-Free Eggs Are Indeed A Step Forward | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...danger lies in a type of moral outsourcing, where we can buy off our nagging consciences at the store. The market is a perfect arena for affirming one’s values, yet a poor one for finding those values. If American Apparel convinced me of the importance of labor unions, you might question the depth of my conviction. This is because values must be forged outside of the marketplace—in the university, one’s local community, or one’s own mind...

Author: By Will E. Johnston | Title: Selling Values by the Cup | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

...reassuring that companies are responding to shoppers’ scruples. Though faddish and flat, lifestyle branding need not be condemned. We can continue to shop for whatever quasi-moral brand reflects our values, without imbuing the experience with undue significance. We wouldn’t want to mistake the checkout line for the road to virtue...

Author: By Will E. Johnston | Title: Selling Values by the Cup | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

Siodhbhra M. Parkin ’10 gave a medical rationale for the moral arguments often raised by parents against mandatory HPV vaccination, claiming it will bring a “false sense of security about...

Author: By Marissa C. Lopez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Society Debated HPV Vaccine | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

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