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Worries about whether the military can attract enough recruits are unfounded. Unless the U.S. is going to prohibit anyone from volunteering or being recruited and only swear in draftees, the number of slots that would need to be filled by a draft would be very small indeed. How fair would any draft be that asked only a few thousand high school graduates out of the millions of eligible men and women to serve each year? Attempts to reinstate the draft could tear the nation apart for zero gain--and possibly a net degradation in military effectiveness...
Over the past 15 years, the CCSR has moved to completely divest Harvard of its shares in tobacco companies and prohibit future purchases of tobacco stock...
...Geneva accords also prohibit occupying powers from destroying property, unless it "is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations." Around Tikrit this month, U.S. forces demolished more than a dozen facilities, most of which were private homes. Colonel James Hickey, 1st Brigade commander in charge of the area, told Time that every targeted house had been either a source of direct fire on coalition troops or had been used to store weapons...
...anything, the Constitution upholds the freedom to prohibit gays and lesbians from marrying. The 9th Amendment states that “the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” Compelling society to recognize gay marriage would indeed infringe upon the rights of those do not endorse the practice...
...public transit. Were original plans enforced, however, this would have been the first week that T commuters faced traveling without the accompaniment of live music. The MBTA had planned to put its Street Performer Regulations into effect on Monday. The regulations would, among some two dozen other provisions, prohibit amplified performances and use of several acoustic instruments—like trumpets—and impose a dress code for all performers. Fortunately popular criticism of the regulations—in the days after they were announced, some 6,000 people signed a petition protesting the new rules—motivated...