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...should have been paying its final respects to a hero, it was instead debating whether criticism of George W. Bush at her funeral would lower his job approval ratings. By using Mrs. King’s funeral as an excuse to pedal their own ideological agendas, several of our nation??s leaders illustrated just how devoid of honor and decency politics are in the United States today...
...life. The act of crossing the border without papers has become so commonplace—it is estimated that there are 5 million illegal Mexican immigrants in the U.S. at any given time—that many Mexicans see the ability to cross into another sovereign nation??s territory unfettered as a basic right...
...territory.” This notion, while touching, is rooted in fallacy. Mexican citizens may see the U.S. as their territory, but this does not make it true; the Unites States is a sovereign nation, and part of being a sovereign nation is being able to define the nation??s boundaries. Mexicans who violate these boundaries, whether for good or ill, are violating U.S. sovereignty and essentially flaunting our laws. This might not seem important to the average Mexican immigrant, who just wants to provide for his family, but it is important philosophically. Mexicans have no legitimate reason...
...majority of Americans, especially in the post 9/11 atmosphere, this stance is an unpatriotic betrayal of Harvard’s civic duty. As government lawyers argued before the Supreme Court, the country has the right to expect that the military will have access to the nation??s best and brightest young people. To many, even moderates who dislike the DADT policy, it seems that gay rights are being over-prioritized at the expense of the national interest...
...based on the success of last weekend’s performance, expects to continue that trend in the coming weeks. For the first time in program history, Harvard advanced to the semifinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships, held in Madison, Wisconsin. The tournament, which featured 16 of the nation??s top teams, was a thriller for Harvard, which upset No. 6 Georgia and No. 16 Texas Christian University by 4-3 scores to reach the Final Four. Though top-ranked Stanford ended Harvard’s unprecedented run with a 5-0 win, the squad returned home...