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...ministry's announcement made no mention of the tire tariffs, the timing of China's action appears as an eye-for-an-eye reaction to Obama's decision. On Monday, China sought talks with the U.S. through the World Trade Organization to resolve the dispute, while in a speech in New York, President Obama defended the tire tariff, saying trade agreements must be enforced if the global trading system is to function. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
Bitter Memories Germany's anti-Nazi laws are both unjust and paranoid [Aug. 24]. America's First Amendment should apply throughout the world. There should be free speech for everyone, including communists, fascists, Marxists, Nazis, racists, religious maniacs and Trotskyists. Evelyn Beatrice Hall summarized Voltaire's argument thus: I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. Mark Taha, LONDON...
...Obama’s back-to-school speech was given to a future, healthy America from a hale part of the past. The current backlash only shows that the theme of simple responsibility must be emphasized even more...
...wouldn’t have known it at the debate the Harvard College Vegetarian Society organized this afternoon between Wesley N. Hopkin ’11, a social studies concentrator and member of the Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society, and Bruce G. Friedrich, vice president of policy and government affairs for PETA...
...arguments against eating meat. A heated exchange about the ethics of the food served by Harvard University Dining Services occurred between Bruce G. Friedrich, vice president of policy and government affairs for PETA, and Wesley N. Hopkin ’11, a member of the Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society. Hopkin praised HUDS, saying that it is “moving in the right direction.” “We can, generally speaking, eat meat or eat meat products with a relatively clear conscience even now,” he said. Friedrich disagreed, noting that although HUDS...