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...means of turning extremist doctrine into a teachable moment. The signs did not silence Pappin or anyone else—rather, they gave students a way to publicly disagree with Pappin and to affirm their conviction that BGLTQ students are valuable members of the College community. The signs remind us that while Harvard is a fairly welcoming place for BGLTQ students, we still attend a university that excludes gender identity and expression from its nondiscrimination policy. We still live in a society that allows Donald Rumsfeld and friends to blackmail the Law School into allowing Judge Advocate General recruiters...
...thinking, either in workmanlike soap speak or the florid language of banditos from a late-night western ("I have seen the flames of hell! I have swam through rivers of blood!"). The Mexican characters speak a thickly accented English laced with Spanish--"Gracias!" "De nada!"--as if to remind us we are not in Milwaukee...
...prayer that many Catholics and Christians of other denominations pray daily, we ask God to “forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.” These words remind Christians that we are as accountable for our inner thoughts as our visible deeds. We are called to erase repercussions from anyone who may have harmed us as completely, lovingly and without restraint as we hope to one day be forgiven by God. One of the fundamental beliefs of Catholicism and of all Christianity is the power of God’s forgiveness...
Americans find plenty to remind them of home in Kuwait. The tiny Gulf State boasts glitzy shopping malls, Starbucks cafes and a bowling alley. Radio Kuwait takes regular requests for the Backstreet Boys and Christine Aguilera. But America - and Americans - are not embraced by all. A deadly reminder of that came at 9.15am Tuesday when an unknown gunman shot dead an American civilian and critically wounded a second at an intersection close to a McDonald's restaurant a few miles southeast of Camp Doha, the main American army base in Kuwait...
...Houston. They fought at first, but with the help of a psychotherapist, they slowly began rebuilding their rocky relationship. "I had to examine my own behavior and admit the mistakes that I made along the way," Fran says. "I'm very careful not to do anything that would remind Ginger of the past and the tough times...