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...This partial solution has many failings, not least that it would afford Musharraf a further five years of substantial political power. But it would separate the role of President and army chief, thus allowing the military to step back from directly running the country. It would strengthen democracy by allowing the Prime Minister to speak with the real authority that comes from representing a majority of the population. And it would set a precedent for judicial independence in a land where that has been sorely lacking. If Musharraf is to have a positive role in the future of the country...
Harvard can choose to require AlliedBarton to pay security guards more fairly and prevent arbitrary dismissals or punitive scheduling decisions. It could easily enforce the Wage and Benefit Parity Policy and strengthen it to prevent other harmful labor practices. Instead, it chooses to deny responsibility for campus workers by hiring a separate management company to do its dirty work. SEIU’s only opportunity to organize outsourced workers is to place accountability on those who hire the subcontractors, as this campaign is doing and as they have done in Justice for Janitors campaigns around the country...
While the lawsuits may strengthen student rights, they come at a high cost for schools--in diminished authority as well as dollars. "We used to defer to the professional discretion of teachers and administrators," says Richard Arum, a professor of sociology and education at New York University and the author of Judging School Discipline. "Now our schools are run increasingly by lawyers and judges, and that has profound consequences in undermining the moral authority of school discipline...
...there is the larger purpose at work today in this commemoration--a purpose that goes to the heart of how we strengthen our democracy in today's world and build for the future. Jamestown has something to contribute to that too. This is an ideal opportunity to recognize the importance of promoting civic learning: teaching our young people about our history and the responsibilities of citizenship as well as the special significance of the rule of law in a functioning democracy. The better we all understand and appreciate the genesis of the American republic and how it works, the more...
...Neighborly cooperation is further complicated by a host of side issues. The Syrian regime is doing less than it could to hinder Iraqi insurgents using Syria as a logistical base, so long as the U.S. continues to squeeze Syria on other fronts. Similarly, Iran, facing a U.S. campaign to strengthen U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program, sees Iraq as a venue to pursue its rivalry with the U.S. for regional influence...