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...treat the sickest first, regardless of nationality.” In addition to four multiple-choice questions, the students polled were also asked to name who they supported in the 2004 presidential election. The researchers found that supporters of President Bush were one-third less likely than supporters of Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to know that interrogation methods depriving prisoners of sleep, food, or water or employing threats are forbidden under the Geneva Conventions. Those who voted for Bush were also less likely to know when they would be required to disobey an unethical order from a superior...
Later that afternoon, former President George Herbert Walker Bush, a friend of Graham's for 40 years, dropped by Graham's hotel room for some private time. And in the evening, Graham visited privately with former Sen. Chuck Robb and his wife, Lynda, whose mother, Lady Bird Johnson, died over the summer. Graham spoke with Lynda, her sister Luci and Lady Bird by phone two days before the former First Lady died...
...violation of free speech. If we accept the premise that all people should be free to express themselves, then we cannot deprive certain citizens of that right, even if they promulgate unsavory views in unsavory ways. To do so would be the pinnacle of self-contradiction. According to State Sen. Dean G. Skelos of Long Island, the “rash of incidents clearly demonstrates the need for tough new penalties.” We appreciate the legislators’ wish to stamp out racism wherever it exists, but unfortunately, this bill won’t do that. Skelos...
...Deval L. Patrick ’78 officially endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) yesterday evening at an event on Boston Common that drew thousands. Although Patrick has close ties with the Clinton family, the governor told that crowd that he believed his “good friend” Obama was the best choice for America. “I don’t care whether the next president has had experience in the White House,” Patrick said. “I care whether he understands life in your house...
...reward has gone to politicians in the past, including Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, D-Mass., as well as television news anchor Katie Couric...