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...give up its suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons. In a letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Obama asked for Moscow's help in dealing with Tehran, although the White House denied offering to curtail U.S. plans for a missile-defense shield in Eastern Europe as a quid pro quo. The Administration has also asked Syria and China to pressure Iran, but the diplomatic focus remains on Russia, which is helping Iran complete its first nuclear reactor in the southern port city of Bushehr, scheduled to go on line this summer. Iran claims its nuclear program is solely for peaceful electricity...
...treat knowledge as too essential a commodity to be left for only the wealthy to enjoy; That is, it is morally correct to subsidize education. However, its proponents fail to understand the absurdity—in light of modern innovations in learning—of maintaining the status quo and subsidizing the school (to the tune of $10 thousand per pupil per year) rather than subsidizing the student...
...artist but you also have the role of an educator. How do you think the creation, practice, and interpretation of the arts should be taught at academic institutions like Harvard?WPL: What I find interesting about the arts in education is creating a healthy suspicion of the status quo. Institutions should create a safe environment where that kind of exploration can be fostered. That doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be a critical assessment of the quality of that suspicion, because not all of it is equal. For me, the arts is all about taking risks...
...federal court ordered the University of Georgia to admit two black students, 1,000 white rioters hurled firecrackers, bricks and racial epithets through dorm windows. But 1961 this is not: today a white Republican is leading the charge, and black students and lawmakers are fighting for the status quo...
...movement, gambled everything on the willingness of the U.S. to press the Israelis to deliver a credible two-state peace solution and lost. Now many of those in Fatah are inclined to bet on a third intifadeh. After all, in the short term at least, the status quo works for the Israelis - as long as there are no missiles raining down on Israel from Gaza. But for the Palestinians, the continued occupation in the West Bank is untenable. And it will not have been lost on Fatah activists that Hamas' more confrontational stance has forced the Israelis, however reluctantly...