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...opposition in Washington to the Bush Administration, Frank Rich ’71 thundered in his New York Times column last Saturday morning: “Do the Democrats stand for anything other than the next election?” His question was clearly intended to convey scorn for the shallow pragmatism that underpins so many of the party’s current tactics. Yet, had Rich posed the question to the budding politicos at his alma mater, the leadership of the Harvard College Democrats (HCD) would have gladly answered him—with a resounding negative...
...order is practiced in many European nations, critics say France is exceptional in basing deportation solely on the gravity of the crimes committed, without regard to the length of a convict's residency, family status or evidence of rehabilitation during imprisonment. Once deported, many former prisoners face rejection and scorn as "European criminals" in the countries to which they are sent, while enduring the heartache of separation from family and friends who may remain in France. Depression and suicide are not uncommon. French civil-rights and immigrant groups call the double peine law discriminatory and inhumane. Defenders...
Punch-Drunk Love will almost certainly flop. It’s short on visual energy, rendering television advertising useless, and its built-in audiences will scorn it: it’s not the sort of over-the-top fare that attracts Sandler’s fans, while Anderson’s cult, salivating over the prospect of another high-octane meditation in the Magnolia vein, will likely see it as an agreeable but minor work. Years from now, it will probably surface at the Coolidge as part of their series of flops from famous directors. Nevertheless...
...recent days, the President and some of his top aides also appear to have been making the case to the American public that going to war is the only valid response to a mounting and mortal danger. Bush has poured scorn on the idea of Saddam ever coming into compliance with UN resolutions, insisted that Congress declare its support for a war and warned the United Nations that it faces a choice between authorizing military action against Iraq, and geopolitical oblivion. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld on Wednesday told Congress that "no terrorist state poses a greater and more immediate threat...
Johannesburg aims to put equal stress on the twin aspirations of sustainable development. Those who profess to care about the environment yet scorn the goal of development only undermine both causes. For the poorest members of the human family in particular, development means the chance to feed, school and care for themselves and their children. But development that takes little account of sustainability is ultimately self-defeating. Prosperity built on the despoliation of the natural environment is no prosperity at all, only a temporary reprieve from future disaster. The issue is not environment vs. development or ecology vs. economy...