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Every generation of adults sees new technology--and the social changes it stirs--as a threat to the rightful order of things: Plato warned (correctly) that reading would be the downfall of oral tradition and memory. And every generation of teenagers embraces the freedoms and possibilities wrought by technology in ways that shock the elders: just think about what the automobile did for dating...
...looking for a solution to osteoporosis at the pharmacy, be cautious. Many women cannot tolerate the side effects of the popular bisphosphonate drugs: Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva. The most common problem is gastroesophageal irritation, but dentists and oral surgeons have begun to warn of a more serious problem in a subgroup of patients--necrosis (death) of the jawbone...
...Solomon Amendment, initially passed in 1994 and most recently updated last year, says that schools receiving federal funds must grant the military “equal access” to students, but it does not define “equal access.”In oral arguments before the court in December, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy asked the government’s top lawyer, Solicitor General Paul D. Clement, if at, “say, a job fair...the school organizes a line jeering both the recruiters and the applicants, that’s ‘equal access...
...bill sponsored by Rep. Marty Meehan, D-Mass., that would repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.Newly appointed Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. did not vote on the case because he was not on the bench when oral arguments were heard in December.—Staff writer Javier C. Hernandez can be reached at jhernand@fas.harvard.edu...
...target the military, Roberts wrote, it would violate the Solomon Amendment if it led to less access for military recruiters.Observers said they were not surprised that the court to dismiss the Harvard professors’ statutory argument. Both the government and FAIR opposed the professors’ interpretation during oral arguments in December.Howard J. Bashman, a Pennsylvania attorney who filed a brief supporting the government’s position, said that “the court typically allows the parties to decide the issues that are presented in the appeal, and would not allow those in amicus to interject issues...