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...hope of forcing Hamas to renounce violence and recognize Israel. But the resulting deterioration of the humanitarian situation is fueling mounting chaos in Gaza as rival security forces battle for control over the streets - raising the specter of the complete collapse of the Palestinian Authority and even outright civil...
...there is a difference between doing things that are morally wrong, like lying and gossiping, and outright breaking the law. I understand that even though we are all guilty of minor moral lapses, we should still judge, condemn and punish those who commit pernicious crimes such as rape, murder, and theft. The question is whether someone who committed plagiarism is worthy of moral condemnation, and if so, to what extent...
...part of the 1990 legal agreement to begin the Big Dig highway project, Massachusetts promised to fund a number of desperately needed public transportation projects in order to ameliorate the increased pollution and traffic that the new highway would generate. But the Romney administration has consistently downsized, delayed, or outright terminated most of the projects that were included in the 1990 agreement, choosing instead to divert transportation funds to other expensive highway projects and mass transit extensions that would primarily benefit the Commonwealth’s more affluent residents. Among the most needed of the 1990 projects is an extension...
...website of the Office for the Arts, the Louise Donovan Award exists to recognize an “unsung hero.” “[The award’s] purpose is to recognize a student with a tremendous amount of talent who is not necessarily outright directing a show, but making it happen nonetheless,” says Megan. Still, Savitsky says, “I don’t feel unsung. [Theater] is a very rewarding thing to do, otherwise I wouldn’t do it.” Savitsky first acted in high school...
...course, any real sacrifice means short-term inconvenience, if not outright pain. For the hardest hit and essential sectors of the economy, the government can find ways to create an appropriate gas tax credit structure that will also avoid creating a regressive tax. But, ultimately, even the short-term increase in gasoline prices that would result from a new excise tax is but a pittance of the price that America would pay years down the road when the price of a gallon has reached double digits, national consumption has not decreased, and no good gasoline alternative is available...