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...Even supporters of a great books program said they believed that student enthusiasm was not widespread enough to warrant making such a curriculum a requirement. Many professors interviewed for this article said that it is simply not in Harvard’s DNA to require students to take specific courses. The College, they said, has always opted for more choice in undergraduates’ courses of study...
...bureau to get information from private organizations without court supervision. And there is mounting concern about the National Security Agency's use of its spying powers on Americans. Just last week, the New York Times revealed that the agency had attempted earlier this decade to eavesdrop without a warrant on a member of Congress traveling overseas. Obama, who has frustrated some civil-liberties advocates with his stated preference to focus on the future rather than the past, is also likely to face continuing pressure from Congress to cooperate with investigations of CIA rendition, detention and interrogation programs...
Sancho Panza: America doesn't read. The situation is depressing enough to warrant any and all measures--including sacrificing the dog's name to the literary gods. Plus, B.O. needs a faithful companion to help his god-like boss tilt at windmills the financial system...
...politicization critique bears more weight but does not warrant derision. Many (though by no means all) animal studies scholars do support animal rights, just as African American studies scholars typically favor civil rights, and environmental studies and women studies scholars are often environmentalists and feminists, respectively. Academia is full of normative debates demanding opinions; what matters is that all viewpoints are presented and that critical discourse is encouraged...
...administration took office, Republicans have been seemingly bereft of ideas for fixing the economy. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may not have been as nurturing of bipartisanship as some would have wanted in finalizing the stimulus bill in the House, but the final product included enough tax breaks to warrant support from a significant portion of the Republican caucus. That only three Republicans between the House and Senate voted in favor of the bill only made them seem like obstructionists in the eyes of the American people...