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...military is planning something of a showdown in the capital on election day, by deploying 35,000 troops on the streets of Baghdad to safeguard the voting process. But whether that provides an adequate sense of security to the residents of a city which records an average of around twelve attacks a day remains to be seen. And there are scores of other towns and cities requiring voter protection from an insurgency that appears to have maintained, or even increased its tactical momentum...
...court ruling, which was handed down by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia, provides a much-needed safeguard for the First Amendment rights of private institutions to set their own policies and standards. The price of standing up for a principle, for refusing to bow under pressure and condone bigoted hiring practices, should not be millions of dollars in guaranteed federal funding. The 50 members of the HLS faculty—including HLS Dean Elena Kagan—who signed an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit challenging the Solomon Amendment deserve praise...
...pattern on display for the past week raises the question of how the U.S. and its allies plan to maintain control. In Samarrah, cleared of insurgents by U.S. forces working with Iraqi troops some six weeks ago, the U.S. left behind Iraqi troops on garrison duty to safeguard reconstruction efforts, and the idea is to follow a similar model in Fallujah. But over the past two weeks, the insurgency has proved itself to be very much alive in Samarrah, with insurgents taking a heavy toll on the Iraqi security forces. And the tactics that the insurgents employed in and around...
...Staff outlined a procedural remedy they believe would “ensure a safer, more welcoming learning environment.” More specifically, they suggest the creation of a “formal complaint mechanism” separate from academic departments. Such an entity, they point out, ought to safeguard students from religiously motivated improprieties. A wonderful idea, to be sure, but somewhat misplaced in the temporal order of things, namely because at Columbia such an entity already exists. We call it the Ombuds Office; it functions as a wholly separate channel for members of the university community to voice...
When the only safeguard that Democrats have against the Republican agenda is five votes in the Senate, it is disconcerting that the president feels that he has a mandate to pursue highly controversial issues that were not fully discussed at the national level. People voted overwhelmingly for Bush because he seemed to have strong moral convictions and a tough stance on terror, not because they necessarily agreed with his positions on the tax code and social security. These issues were marginalized during the campaigns and the debates, which focused on health care, education, the war on terror, social issues...