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When George W. Bush submitted his whopping $2.57 trillion proposal to Congress last week, it showed how the war on terrorism has come home to roost. Both the Defense and Homeland Security departments get boosts, while many domestic programs for the poor, like vocational education and Medicaid, take a hit...
Tension came to a head at the commencement exercises on June 21, 1934. Two female undergraduates chained themselves to benches in the Yard and interrupted Conant’s commencement speech, chanting “Down With Hanfstaengl!” and “Down With Hitler!?...
Easter Island is one of the most isolated patches of land in the world, 2,300 miles off the coast of Chile, a civilization in a bottle. Diamond uses archaeological data to meticulously piece together its decline. Despite its current denuded state, it turns out that Easter Island was at...
Terror Tactics THE NETHERLANDS In a procedural hearing in the case against Mohammed Bouyeri, the alleged killer of controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh, judges were told that Bouyeri twice ignored Van Gogh's pleas for mercy. Prosecutors said that Bouyeri first shot Van Gogh dead, then slit his throat, and...
The Skeptics A number of Sunni organizations, most importantly the popular Iraqi Islamic Party which actually participated in Allawi's government, have pulled out of the election on the grounds that the security situation precludes a credible vote in Sunni areas. These groups joined others, such as former foreign minister...