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...same token, we ought not stick our heads in sand and refuse to learn from the study. This is a clear reminder, if not a wake-up call, that our educational program is not tip-top. President Clinton is rightly convinced that national standards are the way out of the current mess. At a New York City fundraiser in January, the President explained his reasoning: "We cannot pretend, if we have a truly progressive vision of the future, that we can ever achieve what we want to achieve unless we hold our children--all of our children--without regard...
...innocent or awaiting trial (as Elster is), to be excoriated on the front page as long as it brings attention to a pressing social problem? Probably not, but his highly incautious language suggests as much. In contributing to the campus-wide discussion on the sensitive issue of rape, Smith ought to be a bit more careful than that. R. BRIAN SOMMERVILLE...
...true that at this point the American public does not support a full-scale war with Iraq. Therefore, President Clinton as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ought to turn his power of persuasion on the electorate to explain why such action, while unpalatable, is necessary for maintaining the balance of power in the Middle East and the world...
...auctions can be a lot of fun, which is why they have lasted. But they can also be tasteless and stupid, and revealing of us. When we get all excited about the idea of owning a love letter from a duchess to a duke, we ought to be embarrassed; it simply shows us up as dirty little snoops...
...encouraged to confide in their parents, to tell us their secrets, to turn to us for help, in complete confidentiality. It's because we know so much that we shouldn't, by all we hold dear, be made to divulge it. The Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination ought to include the right not to incriminate a child...