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...Harvard academia at the end of his sabbatical, but yesterday, he hesitated to offer an iron-clad commitment. “Never rule anything out,” he said. ON THE SIDELINES Formerly a lightning rod for controversy, Summers now finds himself on the outside of another tempest: some critics have blasted a paper co-authored by Kennedy School of Government Academic Dean Stephen M. Walt as anti-Semitic. The paper contends that an “Israel Lobby” of academia, the media, and government have hijacked U,S, foreign policy to pursue pro-Israel interests. Summers?...
Whether or not the controversy is “a tempest in a teapot,” the issues are clear. Professional standards of ethical behavior are how we archaeologists explain to the world at large what archaeology is about. They are precisely what separate us from collectors of unprovenanced antiquities, both morally and scientifically. The trade in illicit cultural property is increasing annually, with untold destruction of historical context. All archaeologists have a professional responsibility to bring to public attention those who countenance and encourage looting by purchasing unprovenanced items in the market. The antiquities market is deeply intertwined...
Members of the Harvard community have taken a decidedly different stance on the issue. The assistant to the head of the Harvard program, Charles G. Haberl, described the controversy as “a tempest in a teapot...
...greatest risk in the tempest is Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who drove the pending law through parliament earlier this month without debate - and against the advice of fellow conservatives wary of provoking the very hostility the government now faces. The protesting youths are outraged that the law would allow businesses to fire workers aged 26 and under during their first two years of employment, without providing a reason or the usually hefty severance payments. Students and their backers dispute government contentions that the increased flexibility will reduce youth unemployment; instead, they say the law designates young people...
Still, the initial reaction remained muted. Two weeks after the appearance of the cartoons, Muslim leaders organized a mostly peaceful demonstration of 3,500 people in Copenhagen, demanding that the paper issue an apology for the drawings. The paper rebuffed the demand. But the tempest might have remained a largely local dispute had Prime Minister Rasmussen not compounded the editors' intransigence by refusing to meet with the ambassadors of 11 Muslim countries to discuss the cartoon flap. "This was a major mistake," says Denmark-based Bashy Quraishy, president of the European Network Against Racism. "I have never in my long...