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...first, unstated, reason for apathy on the issue of war is the general sense of remoteness from Iraqi suffering. Whether students believe that war will alleviate that suffering or exacerbate it, many are reluctant to spend their precious time worrying about the troubles of people they have never met. But President Bush’s willingness to go it alone puts a special responsibility on American voters. We are the only ones who can prevent or force a war. Demonstrators in Rome or Paris may be committed, but they didn’t elect the government that will make...
...eight moderate Republicans who sent a letter denouncing pending bills to C.W. Young, Republican Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Yet the pernicious effects of these bills will be felt very soon unless Congress and the President understand that America will not tolerate such brash disregard for our precious national resources...
...back as the 13th century, Italian city-states guarded their cultural artifacts as carefully as they did their borders. Some 800 years later, in the unified nation that claims Michelangelo and Titian as part of its heritage, that legacy still has power. From masterpieces hanging in museums to precious works held in private collections - whose owners cannot so much as move a painting without official approval - almost all of Italy's treasures are jealously protected by the state. Culture, says Salvatore Settis, an Italian professor of art history and classical archaeology, "holds a historic memory that belongs to the citizens...
...Despite President Bush's insistence, there's little reason to believe ousting Saddam will bring Middle East peace any closer. That's because the reason Israelis and Palestinians haven't achieved peace until now has precious little to do with the Iraqi despot, and everything to do with the battle for control over land. Until the U.S. is able to take a forceful lead in pushing for a clearly defined territorial compromise along the lines of Resolution 242 as the required destination for the two sides once they have ended their violent confrontation, Israeli-Palestinian peace will remain elusive. That...
...Harvard and Cambridge have so many definitions and identities that they contradict each other. Cambridge is the glorified hometown of Harvard University, yet very angry at Harvard for taking up precious space. West Cambridge is the home of over-paid (predominantly white) people who like the intellectual environment, and yet are in denial about the Cambridge student population of 30,000. Harvard wants to take over the world; Cambridge disagrees...