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Is torture acceptable in the fight against terrorism? It has been reported that former Clinton special prosecutor Kenneth Starr has asked the question aloud while speculating that as many as five U.S. Supreme Court justices would find torture constitutional in certain circumstances. No forceful denials by any justice have been...
In contrast to Daschle’s ranting, Blair’s weekend comments evinced a global pragmatism that is sorely needed among liberal Democrats in Congress. “Iraq is in breach of all conditions of weapons inspectors,” he said. “We know...
With the term self-conscious I do not mean to evoke images of insecure adolescence but rather an entirely more forceful breed of the phenomenon. Where the self-consciousness of middle school was tentative and hesitant, the self-consciousness of Harvard is forceful and confident. It is defined by an...
From a literary standpoint, The Anatomy of Racial Inequality is a forceful, well-argued and innovative scrutiny of the problem of racial inequality within the United States which engages and challenges readers in spite of, or perhaps even because of its highly academic approach. Loury’s unique style...
By engineering such effective unofficial channels, Knowles was able to give the appearance of wide consensus—which often existed—in favor of his agenda without miring time-sensitive initiatives in red tape. While other deans, notably Rosovsky, have been as forceful as Knowles in advocating an...