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...Michigan last year installed footbaths in dormitories to meet the needs of Muslim students who washed their feet before praying. France, by contrast, outlawed headscarves (as well as yarmulkes and large crosses) in schools. And in spite of wide gaps in achievement and employment between Arab immigrants and the rest of France, affirmative action policies have never been implemented and remain deeply unpopular. The positions and arguments of left-wing politicians in France on the subject of affirmative action could be lifted verbatim from arguments of conservative purists in America, such as Supreme Court Justices Anthony Scalia or Clarence Thomas...

Author: By Clay A. Dumas | Title: The Melting Pot Beckons | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

What gets me most about the whole Bush “homecoming” down in Dallas is that so many people here have no idea that the rest of the country—I’m thinking of the two coasts, not the giant landmass north of Dallas and south of Canada—would probably not, to say the least, be impressed that they know “George” personally and/or still believe him to have been a terrific president, irrespective of the numerous economic and political disasters that characterized his presidency...

Author: By James K. Mcauley | Title: Welcome Home, George and Laura | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard today is lucky to house many naturally-gifted individuals, but as Gates admitted, “few people are born great leaders.” As Harvard students, selected for our abilities and given every advantage, we should be expected to become stewards for the rest of our society. However, this cannot happen on a wide scale unless the University, its administration and its culture, begin to cultivate a new ethic of leadership. We are given knowledge and power, but we are afraid to be openly conscious of ourselves as leaders, perhaps out of noblesse oblige or a fear...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Phaneuf | Title: We Who Never Set a Squadron in the Field | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...anger had clearly spread. "Lawmakers justifiably pilloried the auto industry CEOs for flying on corporate jets," said Steve Ellis of the nonprofit group Taxpayers for Common Sense. "But now a few months later they are stuffing hundreds of millions into the defense budget for their own jets while the rest of America is trying to make ends meet - it doesn't make sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress's Bid for More Plush Planes Hits Turbulence | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...kids in New York State eligible for those programs - 850,000 kids - and it takes advantage of the federal stimulus package, which offers support to states with programs that qualify, like this one. I put up 20% of the cost and the state put up the rest. (Read "George Soros - Power Giver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Billionaire George Soros' Private Stimulus Plan | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

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