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...category. While it is the U.S.’ sovereign right to execute its inmates, and there is disagreement among philosophers as to the morality of capital punishment, it was still uniformly denounced in class as an abominable practice, somehow alien to Western norms. The seminar, then, employs ever-shifting criteria by which to gauge U.S. foreign policy, ensuring that almost every U.S. action is soundly criticized. This chameleon critique means that, should a student have the temerity to defend the United States on certain grounds, Professor Scott will always be prepared to shift the rationale for criticism. It does...
...that he was less focused on making a political statement than on creating compelling characters.“That’s where my heart is in the movie: just depicting life and showing it,” he said.In fact, though he didn’t work a shift at McDonald’s, Linklater did do his own character research for the movie, staying on various ranches, visiting industrial facilities, and speaking to Mexican immigrant workersHe didn’t try to jump the Mexican border, but he did have an interesting observation about crossing...
...claim that the Iraq war would have been successful if executed more competently, but nation-building—particularly in the Middle East—is a tall order regardless of leadership. I don’t mean to imply that Republicans should become completely isolationist, but a corrective shift in that direction would be appropriate. On a related note, Republicans should take greater care to reconcile support for intelligence and defense operations with a respect for civil liberties, the fundamental guarantors of limited government...
...MASS. HALL MAKE-UPMost FAS professors on the advisory group declined to be interviewed for this article. But other faculty members who have consulted with the search committee often define their criteria for the next president in opposition to the characteristics of the last one. Mendelsohn said the shift in formally including faculty indicated the Corporation’s realization that “they flopped” in picking Summers in 2001. “When a governing board has to fire or insist on the resignation of its CEO, you’ve made some real mistake...
...Baker may know Iraq and the Gulf better than any other American statesman. And on the face of it he's a logical choice to lead the Iraq Study Group, which is widely expected to recommend some kind of policy shift after the election, quite possibly one that would involve Washington actually talking to its enemies in the region, such as Iran and Syria...