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Whatever the faults of the synfuels program, advocates argue that its purpose is still valid. Because world energy supplies are so volatile, they say, the price of oil could surge once again in the future. Says Thomas Haan, a Great Plains spokesman: "Just because it quit raining doesn't mean you stop fixing the roof. Just because energy is cheap right now doesn't mean we should stop trying to develop synthetic fuel...
...into wedlock should be thrown in jail until the men change their minds. He made it clear that forced marriages originated as a pre-Islamic custom and are antithetical to Shari'a law, which stipulates that a woman must consent to a marriage or else it is not considered valid...
...days ago, Noam Chomsky spoke to one of my classes. For those who don’t know him, Noam Chomsky is to foreign policy what Howard Zinn is to U.S. history: an anti-establishment academic who enjoys widespread popularity outside of the Ivory Tower. Chomsky makes some valid criticisms of American policy, but his speech illustrated what is wrong with a certain strand of campus radicalism. In his speech, Chomsky claimed the majority of Americans are to the left of both political parties, the media, and academia. Their preferences are not reflected in public policy decisions because America...
...some of the criticisms are entirely valid. Reagan's highly conservative speechwriters, led by Patrick Buchanan, have been indulging the President's penchant for oratorical excess to a damaging extent. Before her husband's surgery, Nancy Reagan complained about the speechwriting operation during a private talk with Donald Regan, who conceded that tighter editing was required. Who will do it is the question. Regan has no time and little sensitivity to seek out nuances. There is no other senior aide with both the authority and the keen judgment to wield a blue pencil as effectively as Richard Darman, now Deputy...
...past criticism of the Vatican?may still perform legitimate baptisms, hear confessions, and offer other religious services. Nor does the Vatican object when underground bishops come in from the cold and join the official church. "The official church in China is still a church, and its religious practices are valid," a Vatican official told TIME...