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Sistani's challenge to the U.S. has made him, says an adviser to the Administration, "the most respected man in the country." His popularity is magnified by his reputation for moral probity. Designated a marja-e taqlid, or a source of emulation, the highest position in Shi'ite Islam, Sistani shuns material comforts. He meets with visitors in a simple, spare room, carpeted, with cushions around the walls. "He wears inexpensive clothes so that he can sit side by side with the poorest man who comes to see him," says Jalil, the religious student. "When people ask a question...
...Friends [Jan. 12]: I discovered the novels of Le Carre relatively late in life but then very quickly understood the reasons for his prominence. He has been a brilliant chronicler of world politics, but his ambivalence and ambiguity have been frustrating at times. In Absolute Friends, he shows his moral outrage at the U.S., and this work is all the better for it. SANJEEV SHARMA Formby, England...
...that Bush tried to throw gays and lesbians in his State of the Union Address may be most insulting of all. The same moral tradition that excludes us from marriage, Bush explained, “also teaches that each individual has dignity and value in God’s sight.” Even though our community would profane the sanctity of marriage, apparently we can still hold our heads high because we have dignity and value. Here’s a news flash, Mr. President: Treating us with dignity and value would mean using the words...
...While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward." AL GORE, former Vice President, in a speech critical of Bush's environmental policies...
...really liked sociology. I liked Black Cinema as Genre, because you got to watch a lot of movies. I liked Moral Reasoning: Justice. I was an economics major, but the only economics class I took was Ec 10. If I go back, I’ll probably change to sociology. I took economics because I was planning on going to business school, but that plan got derailed...