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...While these innovations may bode well for the undergrads interested in plumbing the depths of postcolonial narrative, they only further point to the ongoing crisis in liberal education. Students should be given more freedom—the standard arguments go—to study what they want to study, with better “advising,” of course. But seldom, if ever, is the question asked: for what purpose, for what...
...castration as a cure for pedophilia, as has been the recent discourse in Poland, would thus conflict with its Polish juridical definition as a crime. Although criminals may sometimes be re-defined as patients with mental disorders on an individual basis, to combine mental treatment and criminal punishment as standard legal action confounds these two starkly different aspects of the justice system. Thus the proposition of a “cure” for criminal pedophiles is inappropriate...
Other items on the renewables industry's wish list: a national renewable-energy portfolio standard, which would require a certain percentage of U.S. electricity to come from alternative sources. (More than 20 states already have similar standards, but a national one would be tricky, given that utility regulation in the U.S. is localized.) Green energy leaders would also like to see an executive order that would greatly expand the federal government's procurement of renewable energy - a smart idea, easily doable - plus a major initiative to update and smarten the nation's aging, overworked electrical grid. That last item...
...Perhaps more troubling still, anti-Royal forces often accused the ex-presidential candidate of only wanting the PS leadership job to lock up the party's standard-bearing spot in the 2012 race to challenge President Nicolas Sarkozy. Though beaten narroely for the top Socialist post, Royal shouldn't be expected to knuckle under to Aubry's expectedly tight rule, nor cast off her 2012 presidential ambitions. (See pictures of Sarkozy's trip to London...
Emerald City Gem. The luxury Fairmont hotel wants your business in Seattle. The Fairmont Olympic Hotel is now offering 40% off rack rates, so standard rooms are down to $199. There are also three different executive suite packages available, for $299 per night: "Shoppers Delight" includes a $100 Visa gift card; "Savor Seattle" comes with a three-course dinner for two at The Georgian restaurant in the hotel; "Celebration" gets you truffles and a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne in your room. If you buy all three, you get a fourth package of your choice for $99. Deals are available...