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...blatantly an empire precisely because it isn’t the 19th century anymore—like it or not, world opinion is now more powerful, self-determination and nationalism are movements to be contended with, and there is at least a rhetoric of democracy that is to be upheld. Ferguson’s likening of US empire to British empire is ahistorical; we cannot justify America acting as an empire based on a world system that no longer exists. This would be in itself a kind of denial...
They forget that George W. Bush’s personal integrity has been questioned and upheld in three previous political campaigns and that hundred of millions admire his resolve, vision and leadership so they recklessly belittle his character again...
Because they are funded through tax-exempt donations, Cuno argues that a museum is ultimately a public institution, with a collection “held in trust for the public benefit, upheld by the public purse.” Works that are acquired but not displayed can be seen as “preserv[ing] the cultural diversity of the planet...
...Supreme Court just unleveled the playing field, and religion is stuck in the divot. In a ruling against first-year Harvard Law School student Joshua D. Davey, the Court upheld a Washington state statute, which effectively rescinded Davey’s Promise Scholarship after he chose to pursue an undergraduate degree in theology at his parochial university. Had Davey chosen to pursue any other degree at his religiously-affiliated university—or theological studies at a secular university—his scholarship would have been funded. Such a standard discriminates against religion when it ought to be neutral...
Three years from now, a case comes before the Supreme Court arguing for nation-wide parochial school vouchers—programs that use public money to subsidize tuition for religious schools. Proponents of the case cite two recent Supreme Court decisions: a 2002 ruling in which the Court upheld vouchers for parochial schools in Cleveland and a 2004 ruling that forced Washington state to fund theology majors at religious colleges. The combination of the two rulings makes the case’s outcome inevitable: the Cleveland voucher program affirms that taxpayers’ money can pay for religiously-affiliated schools...