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...federal government and all who are indebted to the men and women who risked their lives in Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia 17 years ago. This obligation is made more urgent by the length of time these veterans have waited for answers." One can't help but wonder what challenges lie ahead for the thousands of men and women who are currently fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. And one can only hope that this time, history won't repeat itself...
...Giving Something Back But Japan is about more than just thinking green. Despite a stagnant economy, life in Japan is still remarkably good. No wonder, then, that some Japanese are turning inward, cozy in their temperature-controlled bubble of convenience stores and well-designed boutiques. Glen Fukushima, a former head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, laments how, in international forums, Japanese tend to know a lot but are often unwilling to actually express themselves. Nevertheless, a sizable contingent of Japanese, who grew up in the era of globalization, see it as their homeland's responsibility to engage...
...home. “I tried to support them during a period of transition; they in turn supported me during a time of my life when I needed them.”HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS?Jasanoff and Nelson are both currently on tenure track, while others wonder what might come next. McCarthy says that while he didn’t “set out” to be here, teaching at Harvard feels right. “I’ll be here as long as they’ll have...
...been at the frontier of gay rights, and the state may have been well on its way toward ratifying same-sex marriage statewide. But the lack of patience on the part of gay marriage proponents sent the message to California voters that popular opinion was unimportant. It is little wonder voters sought a constitutional ban in the state, as it was seemingly the only means to make their voice heard...
Former Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale called the 2008 election a historic occasion and expressed wonder at the electoral coalition behind Barack Obama during a speech hosted yesterday by the Harvard Democrats. “It was the young America, the new America, that voted for Obama,” Mondale said in his 20-minute address. He noted that wealthy Americans overwhelmingly supported Obama, saying, “It’s a stunning thing to run a campaign about raising taxes on rich people. And then they vote on it. That was not my experience...