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...pressures that have instigated this trend, we believe that it is ultimately harmful to the welfare of today’s youth. Americans have a well-deserved reputation for suing at the slightest provocation. Whether as consumers, employees, patients, or parents, the courts are often the option of first resort, instead of the last. Schools have not been immune to our litigious society—on the contrary, they have been a focal point. In Adrian, MI, a mother sued when her hemophiliac son was punched by classmates; in Warren, OH, parents sued when their developmentally delayed daughter fell...
...ahead of schedule, included a new rationale for why he called it in the first place. He had been forced to act, he said, because unnamed conspirators had schemed with members of the judiciary to destabilize Pakistan and upset a return to democracy. "Against my will, as a last resort, I had to impose the emergency in order to save Pakistan," he said. "The conspiracy was hatched to destabilize the country. I cannot tell how much pain the nation and I suffered due to this conspiracy...
...Your four choices of people to represent goodness suggest that you have confused being good with being peaceful. Some of the world's heroes have had to resort to violence to solve their problems. Take, for instance, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson in the American Revolution. They not only gained America's independence but also set up a secular system of government that has since served as a model for the rest of the world. Chan Jan Lin, Singapore...
...than just another low-profile campus politician. As a member of SLAM, Krahel participated in the infamous hunger strike for Harvard security workers, proving that he’s more than just talk. “Hunger strikes shouldn’t be necessary, but it was the last resort,” he says. The oldest of six children—“We all have this really white-blonde hair,” he says. “We’re kind of Children of the Corn-y”—Krahel...
...idea that the gorgeous resort community of Nusa Dua would be chosen as the venue for a conference to save the world might seem counterintuitive: Bali's lush surroundings, after all, are beautiful to the point of distraction, and the more than 10,000 diplomats, environmentalists and journalists gathered on this island are here for the painstaking negotiations over one of the planet's most vexing challenges - global warming. Then again, it is far too hot outside at this time of year to lie about in the sun, and the delegates are all too aware that if they fail, here...