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...paraphrase of his predecessor John Paul II, Christians may hope that "God is powerful enough to draw to himself all those who were unable to receive the sacrament." Limbo was a vestige of an overfastidious exclusivity. Eliminating it affords a better view of God's many mansions, their doors wider than some of his followers have historically admitted...
...into the nation’s capital his knowledge extends. Is Woodward far ahead of his peers on this Washington scandal, as he and Bernstein were when they uncovered Watergate in the Nixon administration? Or is Woodward too close to his sources in the Bush administration to see the wider scenario at play?The latter charge has been levied at Woodward in the past month by such press gadflies as Frank Rich ’71, the New York Times columnist; Jay Rosen, former chair of the journalism department at New York University; and even Nora Ephron, Bernstein?...
...glance over the shoulder. "People are still too frightened to talk about the taboo subjects," Catherine Lim wrote in a lengthy essay published in the Straits Times in May. There is no effective political opposition to the PAP, and few voices prepared to speak out in favor of wider democratic debate. "I think [Lee] taught us fear," says theater director Ong Keng Sen. Lim argues that the stress on order and discipline, arguably essential to an earlier stage of Singapore's development, may harm it now. "A model of governance that has no place for political openness carries with...
...here to oppose the U.S. war in Iraq and the recruiting of young people to be sent there to kill and die,” said Matt Osborn, who is affiliated with the Boston Direct Action Project. The protesters’ slogans reflected this wider focus. Along with “Racist, sexist, anti-gay, U.S. military go away!” they chanted “No blood for oil! Troops out now!” and demanded “Money for jobs and education, not for war and occupation.” Several of the protesters criticized...
...same legal principle that can be used to further gay rights in one context also can be used to defend anti-gay policies in another.For some civil rights activists, that’s a frightening lesson—because it means FAIR could win this battle and lose the wider war.‘DO WE REALLY WANT FAIR TO WIN?’University of Mississippi law professor Paul M. Secunda ’93, a former Eliot House government concentrator, opposes the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy...