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...apply in this country, based on British values.” The government introduced a package of measures designed to define what it means to be British last summer, including a definition of British citizenship, formulation of a “bill of rights and duties” for citizens??similar to a constitution—and even notions of a “British...
...long and grammatically complex that it cannot possibly be anything but a good idea, no amount of administrative prodding will wake us up to the fact that, as they claim, “the US is engaged in an occupation abroad...while at the same time trampling on US citizens?? own constitutional rights.” At the moment, we don’t care. Not about this country, not about the world, not about anything...
...student body at Harvard College today. If these were ordinary times, years of peace and prosperity, this would be sad, but forgivable. Given that the US is engaged in an occupation abroad that has inflicted countless thousands of civilian casualties while at the same time trampling on US citizens?? own constitutional rights in the name of the “war on terror”, and that the Administration appears to be planning a further strike in Iran, the apparently docile political behavior of the undergraduate student body suggests that one of two things is seriously amiss...
...awarded the medal for “her scholarship and teaching that have illuminated Jewish literary traditions.” The medal, first awarded in 1997, “honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities, broadened our citizens?? engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand Americans’ access to important resources in the humanities,” according to the NEH Web site. Recipients of the National Humanities Medal are anonymously recommended by people around the country. NEH creates a short list and then...
Eventually citizens?? jealousy of their fellows and its consequent yearning for equality gives way to a demand for enfranchisement, and it is on this principle that modern societies are run. We expect that our legal rulers will, at some final point, draw their ultimate authority from the people, even when it is an authority many times mediated...