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Like many who see so much of our world falling prey to violence and depravity, Lamont University Professor and Nobel Prize-winner Amartya L. Sen is searching for an explanation for how otherwise rational people can turn against their neighbors and commit heinous acts of cruelty.In “Identity and Violence,” his latest book, Sen argues that “violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people.” Using historical examples and a personable style, Sen creates a simple yet powerful discourse on individual choice and identity...
...Those revelations set the stage for Tuesday's dramatic appearance of six of the ousted Republican prosecutors before House and Senate committees dominated by Democrats. One of the fired prosecutors, David Iglesias of New Mexico, testified that he felt "leaned on" by Sen. Pete Domenici over a case he was pursuing. Iglesias said the New Mexico Republican and former mentor hung up on him after learning Iglesias would not seek indictments in a criminal investigation of Democrats before the 2006 election. "He said, 'Are these going to be filed before November?'" Iglesias recalled. "I said I didn't think...
...Also in response to Iglesias' report, Sen. Pete Domenici, a New Mexico Republican, acknowledged on Monday that he had contacted Iglesias in October 2006 to ask about his investigation into an alleged Democratic kickback scheme. But Domenici also said that he never threatened or pressured Iglesias, though he had long sought his dismissal. The Justice Department confirmed this week that Domenici had called Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and his principal deputy four times to complain about Iglesias' behavior, inquiring whether he was "up to the job." As the furor has intensified, a Washington watchdog group this week called...
...official cellars remaining on campus is tucked away in the “O” entryway of Eliot House. It belongs to the renowned Society of Fellows, a select group of legendary Harvard luminaries such as Lamont University Professor Amartya Sen and Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value Elaine Scarry. The cellar has about 700 to 800 bottles, and has in recent years turned more towards Australian and Chilean wines, rather than the traditional French, according to Diana Morse, the society’s administrator...
...course, inaccuracies and misreporting are exactly what Sen. Carl Levin and other Democrats allege that Feith himself did in the walkup to the 2003 invasion. Intelligence analysts working for him drew links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda that didn't pan out, they say. But those suspected links were cited by President Bush and Vice President Cheney in the rush to war. The IG said Feith's work was "inappropriate," but not illegal...