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...your Commencement Issue (“The Peril of Forgetting Gaza,” Opinion, June 4), I must express my bewilderment that the well-respected Crimson would allow such a one-sided piece to be printed. Ms. Roy fails to mention major facts that have contributed to the tragic condition of Gaza’s people since...
...book Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad was rejected by Tufts University’s Fletcher Forum on World Affairs as “all reviewers found the piece one-sided.” Ms. Roy ignores the major source of Gaza’s tragic situation: Hamas, internationally recognized as a terrorist group whose military power is growing thanks to abundant support from the Iranian regime. Since 2006, when Hamas won Gaza’s elections, it has failed to fulfill any of the promises it made to Gaza’s people and dashed...
These books are set in early to mid-20th century Barcelona. What is it about that time period that intrigues you? I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic and tragic. There's a point after the industrial period where it seems like humanity's finally going to make it right. There were advances in medicine and technology and education. People are going to be able to live longer lives; literacy is starting to spread. It seemed like finally, after centuries...
...found Michael Elliott's homage to the aviation industry--in an article on the tragic accident of Air France Flight 447--disrespectful. Paulo Ribeiro, AUSTIN, TEXAS...
...under a tough law called the Public Safety Act and shifted to jails outside the Valley. Several hundred average "troublemakers" have also been put behind the bars in the much-criticized sweep by police. Kashmir's chief minister Omar Abdullah has defended the action. "They took advantage of the tragic Shopian incident and plunged people into further misery," he told the Greater Kashmir newspaper...