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...over same-sex marriage, like the one that rages over abortion, is a testament to the judicial branch’s ability to shape societal institutions. As commentators have frequently noted, both sides have embraced the power of the court as a last resort in their struggles for desired outcomes??advocates of gay marriage hope courts will uphold their rights to the practice, while opponents hope courts will agree it is unconstitutional. But in all likelihood, last week’s decision in California will be overturned at the ballot box come fall, since the prevailing sentiments among...
Sonnert, who is also a research associate in the Physics Department, has been looking into the fate of promising female scientists since the late 1980s. He helped lead a large-scale study 15 years ago that examined the “career outcomes?? of men and women pursuing two of the nation’s most prestigious post-doctoral fellowships...
Moreover, compared to our current non-solutions for Darfur, a mercenary army is cheap. Executive Outcomes?? Sierra-Leonian adventure cost $1.8 million dollars a month, but prior to that, the international community was paying $60 million for fetid refugee camps in Guinea that were not a sustainable solution to begin with. Refugees from Darfur are flowing into Chad, piling into bursting refugee camps that cannot even ensure basic hygiene. Human security, too, is not guaranteed. Poorly-drawn African borders have ensured the Janjaweed a trans-national cohort of persecutors. Even in Chad, women are beaten and raped...
Looking at the title of a Heritage Foundation study of teen virginity pledgers—“Teens Who Make Virginity Pledges Have Substantially Improved Life Outcomes??—it is hard not to be at least somewhat warmer to these ideas. Sadly, studies of this kind provide very little compelling evidence that these programs are effective, even when adolescents are so convinced as to make a virginity pledge. When you control for the number of sexual partners the students had had in the survey, pledgers are in fact more likely on a per partner basis...
...said yesterday that the six principles, which were recommended this summer by the committee, “will lead us to win-win outcomes??both better environmental values and lower costs...