Word: presentism
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...Fairey’s works—a painting entitled “The Rose Girl”—will remain at its present location on a wall next to The Tannery, but the other, which was located on the plywood face of a construction site, has been removed...
Kenen said this may not present a significant problem, since secondary fields are not required, and students will have to prioritize...
...Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville famously opposed freedom with equality, suggesting that the passion for the latter would always override the will for individual liberty. At present, we are confronted with an exception to his rule, as popular majorities assert their collective will by denying same-sex couples the equal legal standing they themselves enjoy. While America’s participatory democracy is in most cases something to be elevated and emulated, in the particular case of minority rights, electoral majorities should not have the final word. This is especially true when popular sentiment demands changes in the constitutions...
...also said that an international climate law could be one of the effects of this cosmopolitan moment and that it was important that the social sciences present problems as global, instead of merely national, concerns...
...follows Dr. Gregory House (played by Hugh Laurie) as he solves ridiculous, though basically factual, medical mysteries at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Although presumably entertaining for those interested in dumbed-down medical horror stories, “House” and the expectations it builds with its audience present a number of issues.First and foremost, its important to address who is making the show. Unlike “ER,” “House” was created by a layman, David Shore, and although the show is purportedly inspired by medical columns from The New York Times...