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...taken in Moscow as a reminder of what it perceives as Washington's effort to reverse Russian influence in former Soviet territories. The "pastel" revolutions of recent years in Ukraine, Georgia and elsewhere have fed a sense that the U.S. is pushing its own influence into Moscow's traditional sphere of influence by supporting democratic rebellions against pro-Russian strongmen such as Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko. Russia has pushed back by pressuring allies in Central Asia to distance themselves from the U.S. - Uzbekistan, for example, asked the U.S. to close the main airbase servicing U.S. forces in Afghanistan after Washington...
...server and onto CampusTap will give his site exposure and connect his writers to other bloggers. “CampusTap creates a network that makes people more inclined to [blog],” he says. “The space is more useful. There will be a distinct public sphere at Harvard.”However, the site is not yet a “virtual mirror” of the brick-and-mortar Harvard community. In the end, whether the Harvard blogosphere eventually becomes a true campus commonwealth hinges on the contributions of its participants...
...reader (or viewer or listener) has to be more skeptical at the outset. Although it seems that younger people are better at this online scrutiny than their elders—a topic that needs much more research—almost everyone needs a BS-detector upgrade. A democratized media sphere has clear advantages over the controlling, top-down system of the past. But our newfound freedoms as users of information have their complications; and we need to deploy better tools—starting with a strong dose of common sense—to make the best use of it all.Dan...
...want to start by asking the political situation in Iraq - about your efforts to shepherd Iraqi politicians towards a national-unity government. There's been a lot of dissonance recently; what we're hearing from the Iraqi politicians, in the public sphere, doesn't allow for much confidence that such a government is possible. If anything, since the events of Samarra, they seem to be farther away. I want to get a sense of what you feel, what has changed since Samarra and how that has affected your efforts...
Currently, extracurriculars occupy a sacred sphere on this campus, where students learn from each other, free from overbearing administrative governance. Surely, such a culture should continue; strict regulation of student group activities would be counterproductive. Just as lecture halls are the realm of the professors, extracurriculars are the realm of the students; through them, students have the freedom to pursue their own interests, and often do so with more enthusiasm than they might bring to regular coursework. But extracurricular involvement and academic engagement need not be mutually exclusive; if faculty take a greater role in this world, meeting students...