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...course, the solution last night was not to violently target Robinson’s speech, however controversial her role at Durban may have been. Free speech is vital everywhere, nowhere more so than at universities. Unfortunately, those who protest rational, measured contributions on one side but overlook violent tactics on the other have become tools of the censorship and restricted academic liberties they supposedly argue against. In this instance, free speech prevailed, and Robinson was able to convincingly distance herself from the chaos at Durban and highlight her achievements as high commissioner. Just as important as her condemnation...
This week a look at the biblical Abraham traces the vital role he plays in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In 1998 TIME focused on the historic power of another Old Testament figure, MOSES...
...center holds out the possibility of informing and ultimately changing U.S. foreign policy in constructive ways,” he added, “and for that reason its work is vital. I wanted to be a part of that...
...blame him for his key role - while serving as Gorbachev's foreign minister in the late 1980s - in the breakup of the Soviet Union, its retreat from Eastern Europe, and Georgia's move into the NATO orbit. Russians feel that control over Georgia is their birthright and also a vital component of their own security...
...allegedly the consequence of equating anti-Israel demonstrations and fundraising with anti-Semitism. The irony, of course, is that the critics who denounced Summers’ speech on these grounds only vindicated him and contradicted themselves: Far from silencing the opposition, Summers has ignited debate on a sensitive but vital topic. In a year when the administration of San Francisco State University stood idly by while pro-Israel demonstrators were surrounded and subjected to chants of “Hitler did not finish the job,” it would be remiss for the president of any university...