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...home ownership, say that the project strays from established principles of urban design and will create an income-segregated North Allston neighborhood. While Harvard agreed to give nearly two more acres of land to the project to help address those concerns, some local residents maintain that the University ought to allocate even more land to the Charlesview development and surrounding areas, rather than letting the property sit vacant...
...what is put before it as “gospel” (e.g., there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq because there must be, or because it is “obvious,” or because Saddam says so; ...) and demanding more and better evidence. But there ought to be an articulatable and reasoned distinction between such wise and helpful skepticism and obsessive and irrational denialism...
...consequence of an outburst, I think we can expect more—that’s not a sufficient penalty. That’s not a sufficient price to pay. I’m not saying the guy should be kicked out of the House…but there ought to be some rebuke, reprimand, censure—something that will discourage that kind of conduct in the future. If you do that to the president, it’s open season...
...Shane Acker's visually alluring but hollow animated film 9, the apocalypse has come and gone, leaving a scorched landscape, smoldering ruins and a crew of mechanical beasts in charge. Mankind is no more, and this ought to be troubling, until you consider the usual sort we see saving the world onscreen and realize it's a relief not to have to worry about the plight of yet another plucky, attractive human being with a tendency to throw him- or herself in the way of some soulless yet savage machine...
...More than mere financial regulation, real responsibility on the part of bankers and those on Wall Street is needed, given the absurdity of inventions flowing from these banks. Just because something can be securitized does not mean that Wall Street ought to underwrite it. Financial engineering must be constructive and bear value not just to financial firms, but also to the inherent goals of the world of finance—providing credit and financing to firms and households. The industry’s latest ideas seem more like “Modest Proposals” than serious pitches, more tongue...