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About 3 million citizens and resident aliens of Arab origin live in the U.S., and their cultural associations and fund raising for Islamic causes are not secret. Many Palestinians in the territories depend on remittances from relatives in the U.S. for personal and institutional needs. Some of the donors are politically active and anti-Israel as well. But no one before had suggested that they directed the attacks claimed by fundamentalist groups that have resulted in the death of eight Israeli soldiers in the past two months...
Even if it is inadvertent, implying that the non-existence of God is a scientific fact constitutes preaching. Such a statement has no more foundation than one maintaining the divine origin of the universe. Imagine reading in a biology text: "The intricacies of nature are a clear sign that the universe was designed by some superior intellect." Any science professor arguing such a notion would probably be laughed out of Bio 2. Yet this statement is no less substantiated than the actual assertion made in the biology text. Each view simply reflects a different method of interpreting the same natural...
...because Harvard has such a small Latino community, Latino students are brought closer together, whatever their specific cultural origin...
...Harvard astrophysicist Owen Gingerich, an Evangelical Protestant, the real choice is not "creation or evolution" at all, but "purpose or accident." Like millions of ordinary folk, he says, "I passionately believe in a universe with purpose, though I cannot prove it." Purpose, like origin, is a point where the wisdom of empirical science ends and the quest for religious faith begins...
...survey, based on interviews with more than 2,800 Hispanics nationwide, found that most so-called Hispanics and Latinos don't think of themselves in those terms. More than two-thirds prefer national-origin labels such as Mexican American. Debunking stereotypes, the survey found a high degree of assimilation into the American mainstream among Latinos. A large majority of those surveyed expressed strong love for the U.S., and more than 90% said Hispanics should learn English. Also, more than 65% feel that there are too many immigrants. Rodolfo O. de la Garza of the University of Texas at Austin...