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...that, like Vietnam, seems to have no end in sight, few Harvard students fear being drafted, a reality that motivated the actions of the undergraduates of the Vietnam-era takeover. Outside of the gay rights movement, our generation also lacks the numerous social movements, like the Civil Rights and Feminist movements that buoyed and energized activists of the 1960s and 1970s. Changes in the economy over the past 40 years have enabled young Harvard alums to make substantial amounts of money in investment banking or consulting right out of college, discouraging radical action or protest during their time as undergraduates...
...ultra-rich and clever person could manipulate elections by buying votes from poor people, then take advantage of loopholes in the constitution; and with complicated, time-consuming government procedures helping him, he could stay in power. He could use his position to fill senior government posts in the civil service, law enforcement and the military with his followers. That is what I believe happened in Thailand before the coup, the hijacking of our government in a very slick and seemingly lawful way. Maung Maung Myint Pathomthani, Thailand Bridget Welsh's viewpoint, "Damage assessment," was the best analysis I have read...
...along as dead weight. This, in part, explains the oft-noted lack of radicalism among most of the IOP’s students. Our times are not Kennedy’s times—for the most part, we don’t need a government that fosters a civil rights revolution, creates Medicare, or goes toe-to-toe with Khrushchev. We would settle for one that doesn’t abandon poor people to die in hurricanes and that prevents members of Congress from having cybersex with 15-year-olds.Some will mourn the decline of idealism among the students...
...officials have been quick to point out that the card isn't actually sending any personal information through the air. But the fact that the antenna could be activated remotely from 30 feet away, while it's still in your wallet and without your knowledge, has privacy experts and civil liberties watchdogs concerned. Before the decision was made, the ACLU issued a statement last month warning against the use of RFID for this purpose, saying that the radio transmitters would be a target for identity thieves. Also, the fact that RFID chips, if hit with the right frequency, reveal...
...immeasurable loss? Those parents would have seen the mourners pour in from all across the nation, would have read the condolences from across the globe, would have watched as Lyndon Johnson announced on national television that the time had come to overcome, would have seen Congress finally pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Friends and strangers alike would have assured them that their daughters had not died in vain - that they had awakened the conscience of a nation and helped liberate a people; that the bomb had burst a dam to let justice roll down like water and righteousness...