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...reason is plain old cynicism. Corruption and crime predate civilization, so why should we bother to stop them now? But another reason, running far deeper, is harder to admit. As the American hesitation to support international justice reveals, we do not like it when other people make us play by the rules. That's not because we feel comfortable dodging justice. It's because most of us are the kind of people who at bottom believe, despite the educated words we might use in debate, that the rules do not apply to us. It is the same attitude that allows...
...have to admit that I loved this question, and it was not pride or conceit but rather a kind of benign excitement that I felt when I told my friends that I was going to live in an Aboriginal community in Central Australia, where I would teach Aboriginal children how to read...
Education is my life, and to John it meant nothing. And although it seemed self-defeating to admit it, I really couldn't say that I wanted to change that. John didn't desire to read, and I didn't have the desire or hubris to tell him that he was wrong...
...while the University severed ties with final clubs because they refused to admit women, Heiman defended the fraternity's all-male policy...
...school without social condemnation. We can cheer for Harvard without coming off as arrogant or elitist. We can wear the crimson "H" on our sleeve, our hats or our shirts without feeling like a show-off or a tourist. Not only can we drop the "H-bomb" and admit to going here, but we can shout it until we're hoarse...