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...while humans may be prone to aggressive behavior, this does not mean they are prone to war. In fact, LeBlanc writes, a smaller percentage of people today are likely to be killed by war than in the past—a hopeful prediction in today??€™s world...
Thomas, who will lead the wider discussion about the implications of the war at today??€™s Faculty meeting, said that the lack of support for divestment might be related to difficulties in determining which of the companies in which Harvard owns shares are benefiting and by how much...
...today??€™s monthly Faculty meeting, a handful of anti-war professors are expected to ask the Harvard Management Corporation, responsible for managing the University’s endowment, to divest from domestic defense sector stocks—which currently make up 0.5 percent of its endowment. To withdraw all assets from a company is, as activists are well aware, a strong symbolic statement, and as such, Harvard should not divest from an industry at just the slightest hint of moral ambiguity. For the defense industry, the case for divestment cannot be convincingly made...
...reflects a sentiment that a particular company—or, in this case, an entire industry—is categorically immoral. Just over a year ago, this criterion was fulfilled when Harvard rightly divested from tobacco companies, which market a product that is uniquely addictive, harmful and irredeemable by today??€™s health standards. But the requirement is not met by the 11 top American defense companies in which Harvard invests. The weapons they produce, though designed to destroy, still have an important deterrent value. Just as it did during the Cold War, America today arms itself to maintain...
Moving Up Country reveals Yorkston to be a creative, versatile and assured musician. Unfortunately, his songwriting doesn’t do justice to his talents. The band is off to a good start, but time will tell whether they end up in today??€™s ever-growing pile of indistinguishable folk artists...