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...summer 2007, Harris was appointed chair of the newly formed Standing Committee on General Education. Already chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and instructor of a popular Core course, Moral Reasoning 54: “If There is No God, All Is Permitted,” Harris had a significant stake in the trajectory of General Education. The Gen Ed committee is responsible for soliciting and approving prosposals for new courses and departmental alternatives. And, as chair of the committee, Harris was charged with translating the ideals of the final report into a workable curriculum...
...truth is they can. And they probably will. And Obama, despite his popularity and moral indignation, has few tools to stop them. The Treasury Department has already concluded that the bonuses in question, which were first made public in late January, cannot be rescinded because they resulted from airtight contracts that had been signed in April...
...openness about science and protect scientists, released at the same time. This marks a far greater departure from the Bush administration and cuts to the heart of the debate on many issues, such as conservation and global warming, in discounting the “false choice between science and moral values.” As I pointed out in an earlier column, the Bush administration was often directly antagonistic to concerns of scientists, allegedly editing releases about global warming, silencing a top climatologist through NASA, and pressuring the surgeon general not to discuss the dangers of secondhand smoke...
...child in El Salvador, who he provides [funding] for her schooling and medical necessities.” Becker said that notifying workers of layoffs and hours-reductions on such short notice is not illegal or a breach of contract, but does “break a whole host of moral values.” “The fact that a worker can be notified with less than one day’s notice...is part of a systemic problem that is at its core [representative of] the very limited legal protections” enjoyed by American workers today, Becker...
...that isn’t saying much since the man plays himself. Like a gawky teenager lumbering at a school dance, “Miss March” is a film awkwardly unsure of itself. The characters don’t come of age or learn any substantive moral lesson, and the attempt at emotional sincerity feels about as injected and synthetic as the breasts of Hugh’s Playboy bunnies. When removed from their sketch comedy environment, it seems The Whitest Kids U’Know can only deliver a drawn-out lesson of “bros...