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...requisite for voting rights. Nowhere in America are citizens barred from voting on account of their sub-par IQs. Further, there is no test of a citizen’s knowledge about issues prior to voting. The democratic ideal is that all citizens of a nation deserve a vote, regardless of their perceived competence or wisdom. It is not up to some elevated intellectual group to decide national policy or who is worthy of suffrage. That would be called oligarchy. We are all subject to the laws; we should all be free to have a say in their formation...
...Regardless of any trivia question, the answer is 'Wayne Gretzky.'" TIP from the book How to Speak Canadian, Eh?, part of a $24.95 "Go Canadian" kit that helps Americans camouflage themselves as Canadians when traveling abroad
...initiatives for survivors of the 1984 chemical accident at a plant in Bhopal, India owned by Union Carbide—now a subsidiary of Dow Chemical. The proposal said Dow Chemical has a “humanitarian responsibility” to address the disaster victims’ concerns, regardless of a lack of current liability...
Kagan said the new hires will give Harvard the opportunity to expand its international law program. She said that the school was focused on reeling in the most dynamic legal scholars regardless of their field.“Do you go for the best position player, or do you go for the best all-around athlete? We’re in best athlete mode,” Kagan said...
...University Accountability Ordinance, which is on the docket for today’s City Council meeting, would require Boston universities to collect a directory of all undergraduate and graduate students regardless of whether they live on campus. The measure is being proposed by Boston City Councillors Michael P. Ross and Jerry P. McDermott...