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Ganeshananthan, whose second book is still in progress, also said that her journalistic background helped her in her first foray into fiction...
...motivations for these laws may have been understandable in the post-war era, governments should not impose their version of the truth over their citizens. The French bill is well intentioned; its goal is to force Turkey to confront the atrocities committed by the ruling Committee for Union and Progress during World War I. But we cannot help but be skeptical of any state trying to impose its version of history and truth. States should simply avoid this business. Thus, our opposition extends beyond the French bill to the laws like those in Germany, Poland, Austria, and Switzerland which criminalize...
Ganeshananthan, whose second book is still in progress, also said that her journalistic background helped her in her first foray into fiction...
...Knowles sounded an ominous alarm, writing, “[I]nstitutional interventions will help, to be sure, but they must also be accompanied by individual efforts. Each of us can help…by a willingness to accept that some costcutting measures will be necessary for the health and progress of the Faculty as a whole.” But the College’s successful investments in new academic initiatives and student life shouldn’t be on the chopping block. The Faculty’s budget deficit—which in the past was cited...
...standard, pretaped political response. He moves through some fairly arcane turf, talking about how political gerrymandering has led to a generation of politicians who come from safe districts where they don't have to consider the other side of the debate, which has made compromise--and therefore legislative progress--more difficult. "That's why I favored Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal last year, a nonpartisan commission to draw the congressional-district maps in California. Too bad it lost." The crowd is keeping up with Obama, listening closely as he segues into a detailed discussion of the federal budget. Eventually, he realizes...