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...exactly cash-strappedThere do exist, however, even more absurd methods for naming a department. Ask the United States government, which could not have done worse its current moniker for our consolidated domestic security bureaucracy: the “Department of Homeland Security.”“Homeland Security?? is a chilling and artless term—both for its linguistic similarity to the terminology of totalitarianism, and for the inaccurate and unhealthy implication that America is a “homeland.” And the term’s ties to an unfortunate...
...military establishment. But our forces should be tailored to address the unique threats they will face, not pushed blindly to the limits of what is technologically and fiscally possible. Citizens of our democracy expect (and deserve) other guarantees from their government, such as public education, health care, and Social Security??all of which are currently floundering. The aim of the American military should be to protect its citizens affordably and effectively, not to participate in a heedless, lonely chase for global supremacy. Courtney A. Fiske ’11, a Crimson editorial editor, lives in Wigglesworth Hall
...puts them truly arm-in-arm with the American Dream. Senator John McCain is focused on pumping up the voucher system rather than transforming a more-than-salvageable policy. If the Democratic public policy agenda calls for a high-standards education system, attached to a strong economy and national security??at a time when middle-class voters are beginning to link these concepts in their own minds—they will be victorious in November. Raúl A. Carrillo ‘10, a Crimson editorial editor, is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House...
...found unreasonably difficult: To engage opposing sides not as enemies but as partners for peace, and to recognize that serious compromise requires sacrifice from all sides, starting today.As Islamo-Fascism Awareness made frighteningly plain, far too much student energy has been devoted to the false notion that peace and security??for America, for Israel, or for any nation—can be achieved by mobilizing public opinion against “the enemy.” This vicious ‘with us or against us” worldview must be the first casualty of a renewed push...
...think the idea that there is no security for VES concentrators after college is totally bogus,” he continues. “I know plenty of VES graduates who are doing amazing things with their lives and ‘security?? is not an issue for them. I, myself, feel very secure and confident with what I can do in life and how I can use my VES education to get me there...