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That is precisely the problem -- almost everyone is an extremist of one stripe or another when it comes to debating the legal system. Lawyers are advocates, and for some, no cause is more likely to arouse passion than the defense of a profession that, after exacting a grueling apprenticeship, provides their livelihood. The political system is apt to provide only limited succor; nearly half the members of Congress are lawyers. That is certainly one reason why nonlawyers feel compelled to resort to the weapon available to oppressed people everywhere -- sarcastic humor. (Q. Why does New Jersey have so much industrial...
...watch the television footage from Yugoslavia to see what unbounded "multiculturalism" can look like. Had Americans spent the past two centuries as the Yugoslavs have, stoking ethnic antagonisms rather than trying to forge shared values, last week's Fourth of July celebration might have had a very different stripe...
...past and present. In what person or doctrine can Eurocentrism be embodied? Savonarola? Jane Austen? Deism? Communism? Insofar as it means anything specific, Eurocentric looks suspiciously like a code word for "white." In attempting to combat racism, radical multiculturalists seem all too willing to resort to racism of another stripe...
When the Crimson started to clog up the inside, Yale began hitting from downtown. McCready moved his game to beyond the three-point stripe and guard Ed Peterson (13 points) added three three-pointers...
Harvard leads the league in free throw shooting percentage (.739), with every starter except Tarik Campbell above 70 percent from the line. Campbell continues to struggle from the charity stripe. The sophomore playmaker was 1-6 from the line Friday night, and 4-7 Saturday...