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...could it be possible that "the peaceful continent" and "the most generous donor of development aid in the world" fails to exist on the world stage? Its success in building "an attractive social, economic and political model" is no accident. It rose from a somber period in human history where war and death besieged civilization. It exists because hard and sometimes cantankerous work led to complex compromises. (See pictures: "Behind the Scenes with Obama in Europe...
...takes time for so many countries with so much history - and past conflict - to be able to speak with one foreign policy voice. Perhaps they never will. But one thing is certain: Europeans have learned that to live together peacefully, many points of view need to co-exist. That may be interpreted as presenting a less-than-robust political presence on the world's stage, but, in my opinion, it shows the richness that makes up the European identity, which is plainly prominent on the world stage...
...cultural groups, and dismissal of the ethnic-studies program at Harvard. When evaluating the purpose of a liberal-arts education, we think that fields such as ethnic studies provide critical opportunities for students to expand their views on the world; as such, ethnic studies has every right to exist as part of the curriculum that Harvard students may elect to study...
Many more examples exist. Violence against political figures is not new and the motives are diverse. I’ll always remember seeing President John F. Kennedy in person a few hours before he was shot by a communist sympathizer in 1963. One survey counted that nine U.S. presidents have been attacked (four killed), as have three presidential candidates, seven U.S. Senators, nine congressmen, eight governors, 11 mayors, and 17 state legislators...
...point is simple: Extremism and violence historically exist on both ends of the political spectrum. Nobody should seek to advance their politics—as we are witnessing now—by pretending that menacing fanatics are all at one end of the political spectrum. Nor should occasional use of common metaphors (“hit list,” “targeting” politicians for defeat, etc.) be mistaken as threatening...