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...Moseley Braun wants to be taken seriously as a candidate, she should spend more time discussing the real issues and less time using her campaign as a crusade for the political advancement of women. While female political equality is certainly a worthy cause??one I care about deeply myself—this should not be the central focus of her presidential platform. By ceaselessly distinguishing herself by her gender rather than her positions, she damages her own candidacy and undermines the legitimacy of other women who choose to run for president in the future...
Last week Vida Samadzai, a student from Fullerton College in California, represented Afghanistan in the Miss Earth beauty pageant and won the “beauty for a cause?? prize for “symbolizing the newfound confidence, courage and spirit of today’s women” and “representing the victory of women’s rights and various social, personal and religious struggles.” Indeed, nothing says “women’s rights” more than being judged for your ability to keep your breasts taut while...
...places. Four years after Erik Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 14 classmates and one teacher at their Littleton, Col., high school, memories of that day remain vivid for anyone who was or knew a high school student at the time. Attempts to identify the “cause?? of the murders became a morbid national pastime, with the media and high profile Congress members simplistically blaming everyone from Marilyn Manson to the National Rifle Association for the boys’ lethal actions. Even Michael Moore’s wry and often insightful investigation of the tragedy, last year?...
...controversy over Sannwald’s name reflects a struggle at Harvard with the ambiguities of commemorating its war dead. In 1874, the transept of Memorial Hall was completed as a monument to Harvard alumni who were killed and “fought for the Union cause?? during the American Civil War. One hundred thirty-six names were engraved on 28 white marble tablets in the opulent transept hall, and no mention was made of those who fought under the Confederacy...
...infamous political philosopher has a cause??and is far from silent...