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...wouldn't say a concern, but looking back I was like, Wow! That was a weird phase! As Bono says, the stage is like a giant platform shoe, and we all have reasons we end up in bands. For me, my awkward phase corresponded to an interest in rock 'n' roll. From experience, I'm guessing an insecure childhood is probably quite a common thing among people who start a rock band...
...providing the best possible education for students like Luke. Rather, the law, which in 1990 was renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, guarantees only a free "appropriate" education. "It doesn't say 'free minimal public education,' and it doesn't say 'free optimal public education,'" says Francisco Negrón, general counsel for the National School Boards Association. "It's somewhere in the middle...
...questions that people have been asking for decades: Is the unborn child a “human life”? If so, is it ever legitimate to destroy this young life? What moral goods (or evils) does abortion bring for women? These questions, which are only minimally addressed in N. Kathy Lin’s article, are the heart of the abortion debate, and it is there that we must return if we want to discover the truth about this critical issue. JUSTIN S. MURRAY ’07 September 14, 2006 The writer is the head...
...editors: Re: “Abortion: A Product of Its Times,” op-ed, Sep. 13. Although I abhor analyses that are grounded in social darwinism, I do agree with one of N. Kathy Lin’s insights, namely, that the way to abolish abortion is to create a world in which women are not driven to abort their children because of socioeconomic considerations. Banning abortion through statutes will not change the fact that women feel trapped by the burden of unwanted pregnancies. I sincerely believe that the only way we can abolish abortion is to give...
...life in finance—or for those who have no idea what they want to do with their lives and hey, economics could be interesting, right? right?—this is the easiest shopping choice you’ll ever make. One year of Adam Smith and N. Gregory Mankiw (guess which one worked in the Bush administration!) and you’ll be able to justify all manner of evil. It’s practical, painless, and potentially profitable. Best of all, you’ll be done with Social Analysis, right off the first-year...