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...which such strong secular practices are needed. Despite its modern history, contemporary Turkey faces a growing Islamic threat—and any concession to the religious conservatives is as an injury to the nation’s secularism. And in that war between secularists and Islamists, the classroom ought to remain a sacrosanct environment that ought to be free of religious influence. Unlike in France and other Western countries, some of which have instituted similar bans, aversion to religious practices in schools in Turkey has been motivated not out of any xenophobic hatred of immigrants, but rather...
...more students and make course grades available early to students who have submitted course evaluations. Other issues on the floor include creating a PhD program in film and visual studies, and making articles published by faculty members available for free. These issues, each of which we have previously endorsed, ought to be passed as efficiently and speedily as possible...
Running for office in Neuilly-sur-Seine ought to be a slam dunk for any well-connected conservative politician. The Paris suburb is an oasis of affluence, distinguished families and ponderous quantities of old money, and has always been kind to candidates of the right. It was here, some 25 years ago, that an ambitious conservative youth leader named Nicolas Sarkozy ran for mayor, and for the next 19 years Neuilly's unwavering support served as the base of his campaign for higher office. So, it may be a sign of how far the fortunes of (now President) Sarkozy have...
...Such a claim is unfair. They aren’t administering the poison; they’re just leaving it on the shelf for the children to find. No, we’re the ones to blame, sitting around in dining halls choosing our classes by scorecard, when we ought to be taking a hard look at whether we’ve finally gone over the edge of the academic cliff. And we ought to ask ourselves some serious questions about what, exactly, it is we’re doing here at Harvard the first place.It...
...threatening to break out into a fresh round of transatlantic mud-slinging. "We have made no secret about it that there are certain allies that are in much more dangerous parts of the country, " U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said this week. And we believe very strongly there ought to be a sharing of that burden throughout the Alliance." NATO currently has about 40,000 troops in the country, but its officials say it needs another 7,500, especially in the south...