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...spells" a human and the fertilized egg starts dividing, the only difference between it and the 10-month-old "product of conception" is time and nurture, not substance. I do not consider myself religious, but I do have compassion for life and see it as precious. I don't understand how otherwise compassionate people can think it's O.K. to end a life. Abortion and embryonic-stem-cell harvesting are permanent, negative solutions (or attempts at solutions). Let's work on positive solutions. Diane Shakal, FAIR OAKS, CALIF...
...policy towards Iran in the context of the Iraq War. Both parties agreed that Iran shares with the U.S. the desire for a stable Iraq, but the Democratic debaters argued that the U.S. needs to treat Iran like a partner rather than a threat. “The Iranians understand that if they were to intervene in Iraq, they would be in a worse quagmire than we are now,” Moarefy said. “We have the same interests. If we keep saying they will be a threat, then they will be.” Kumar called...
...cheated and at best, ignored. The timing of the announcement (in the middle of midterms and three days before spring break) and the method through which it was delivered signify that the House administrators were either attempting to slip the change in under the radar or simply did not understand the impact that such an announcement might have on rising seniors. Contrary to popular belief, Harvard students generally are more grounded and have better perspective than to waste time or energy whining about tiny bedrooms. But when the promise of good senior housing has been used to justify cramped sophomore...
...after a few of her friends expressed an interest in her grandfather’s story. While Burian expressed the importance of sharing his memories, he also said that hearing them was not the same as experiencing them. “It will be hard for you to understand what was the capacity of killing and gassing,” he said, recalling his time in the concentration camps. “The commandant was pleased to report that in the past 24 hours he had processed over 22,000 Jews.” But Burian said that people?...
...Economy and War When you understand what the cost of war is, you have a hard time not connecting it with the troubles in our economy. The policies that this Administration has pursued has been disastrous for all sorts of reasons, and one of these is economics. But I do find it telling that this distant war is something that Americans are somehow just tuning out. And I think the Bush administration has done a good job - if a mendacious one - of convincing people that [the war in Iraq] is still somehow connected to the war on terror...