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...practice of outsourcing. Presumably, Harvard uses outsourcing as a way to avoid paying above-market wages and benefits to its employees. There is no denying that the argument against this practice has a certain appeal. That is, if one accepts the premise that exceptionally wealthy institutions like Harvard ought to share some of that wealth with their workers, it follows that institutions like Harvard should not use outsourcing as a way to circumvent that obligation. There are plenty of good arguments both for and against this ethical premise, and I have nothing to add to those arguments. However, I fear...
...Bush Administration betrays no doubt. "If we have to go into 15 more countries," said Rumsfeld, "we ought to do it to deal with terrorism." Abu Sayyaf may be a mere sideshow, but if the U.S. isn't yet ready to take on state sponsors of terrorism, then operations like this one may be the next best way to show the war isn't over...
However, should Harvard decide to fund ROTC, it ought to donate matching funds to the Servicemembers’ Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a group which helps to fight “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and which defends men and women in uniform who are discharged under that policy...
Such an arrangement would represent a dedication by the University to the idea that all Harvard students (and, moreover, all physically capable U.S. citizens) ought to be able to serve their country. This notion of inclusion in service is, in fact, the very sentiment that underlies the issue of ROTC funding. Therefore, should the University choose to extend funding, it ought either to fight “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by lobbying the Department of Defense and Congress, or it should fund a group that will...
...keep an eye out for all these ills. Such self-sufficiency at the state level will not only make grass-roots disease tracking more efficient but also make local authorities better able to function as a first line of defense in emergencies. That, say health experts, is something they ought to be doing anyway, since it's the states that know the personnel and the resources on the ground better than federal agencies swooping in with a planeload of strangers. "In the final analysis, all response is local," says Dr. Margaret Hamburg, a former New York City health commissioner...