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...evening news program—not the first woman to anchor an evening news show (in 1976, Barbara Walters became the first female co-anchor), nor the first to do it alone (which happened all the time when male anchors have the night off). Every news source leapt to proclaim Couric’s new position as a shining sign of the general progress of women’s roles. And this limited the acknowledgement of her accomplishment. Rather than discussing her reporting experience or ideas for the nightly news, the focus was often exclusively on her gender.Closer to home...
...does not like Shaikh Rashids voice when he says this. It reminds him of the unconvincing voices of his teachers at Central High. He hears Satans undertone in it, a denying voice within an affirming voice. The Prophet meant physical fire when he preached unforgiving fire; Mohammed could not proclaim the fact of eternal fi! re too often...
...Others took a bolder approach: Colbert may not have been funny, but that doesn?t matter. He spoke "truthiness" to power, "you so don't get it when you spin the idea that Colbert's performance had anything to do with laughs," HuffPo commentators proclaim: "This time, Colbert didn't have to be funny. Because he was right." Added one, "What he did was not comedy. It was a public service." This, I believe, will come as news to both the people who paid him to perform and to Stephen Colbert...
...column. Two weeks ago, I had decided that I would write my column about judgment—specifically, calling upon Christians to stop being so judgmental towards homosexuals. Many vocal Christian advocacy groups have admonished homosexuals so maliciously that their efforts have yielded more harm than good. They proclaim that their cause is justified because homosexuality is a sin. Perhaps, but so is divorce, a problem that is just as pervasive in the Christian community as it is in the general population. I would remind Christians of John 7:3 where Jesus says, “Why do you look...
...convinced that walls that do not fully extend to the ceiling or floor will adequately protect sensitive conversations, then he should have no objection to moving his office to such a space in Hilles and granting the neighboring office to The Crimson. If anyone in University Hall can proclaim with a straight face that Allston is the future center of the College and that locating undergraduate Houses on both sides of the river will not divide the campus, then let them be the first to prove that it is so by moving their offices across the river...