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...That means, she says, "Salman Rushdie should be free to write books they might not like; but also that Muslim women should be free to wear the veil too. When applied evenhandedly, free speech is not the enemy of minorities, it's their protection." So does that mean the answer to the tensions free speech can unleash is more free speech? It's not an argument that would win over those to whom some matters, like lampooning the Prophet or depicting Jesus as a woman, are literally unspeakable. But in a Continent with plenty of centuries-old minorities, as well...
...have long said that the structure of Harvard Management is inherently unstable,” Swensen said during a question-and-answer session after he spoke to the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ Endowment Management Forum in New York on Jan. 27, according to Institutional Investor magazine. “You can’t pay managers astronomical amounts of money because it tears at the fabric of [the university],” he said, according to the magazine...
...reporters at the Hotel Eden about her papal audience, but was soon peppered with questions about rioting over cartoon depictions of Muhammad. "I know that Muslims are offended with these cartoons, and I understand their offense," she began. "On the other hand, I don't think violence is the answer. I think that everyone around the world needs to speak out and say, 'Let's stop the violence.' It's really not necessary to get the point across that they were offended by those cartoons." She said she and the Pope had discussed the matter "just briefly." Then she added...
...FISA procedures? Even Americans who had not heard of the FISA court three months ago now know that the government can start wiretapping someone tonight and still wait to ask the court for permission for another 72 hours. So what did it need that FISA wasn't permitting? The answer, most people believe, is about the law and goes to what the lawyers call the "triggers...
...another senior Administration official told TIME: "The speech was about international cooperation and to show that actions taken have real consequences." Said the official, "You intrepid journalists can deduce whether there's a connection between the NSA program and [the West coast plot]. Was there a domestic component?" The answer, given that all the alleged cell leaders were captured overseas, would seem to be no. But at a time when the Administration is defending the wiretapping program by stressing how perilous the post 9/11 world is, nothing drives home the point like a foiled attack so close to home...