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Johanna McGeary's article about going to war with Iraq raised the questions we should ask ourselves [IRAQ, Oct.14]. The Bush Administration has whipped up post--Sept. 11 fear to a froth, just in time to stop freewheeling discussion of the string of economic and moral disasters that should have buried Republicans' chances in the midterm elections. These audacious political tactics, brilliantly orchestrated, imperil the future of the U.S. and of world peace. JOYCE GEHRINGER Pleasant Ridge, Mich...
...book, a mix of sardonic text and cartoons, describes what Adams has dubbed the Weasel Zone--"a gigantic gray area between good moral behavior and outright felonious activities." Adams says he came up with the concept when he realized that "weasels had gone from being the exception to the norm, kind of infested all of society, from the cubicle next to you to your boss to the government, obviously, where it all started; then it was in the church, and maybe it's Martha Stewart--you don't know--and pretty soon it's everywhere." In chapters like "Financial Weasels...
...pressure from students and others, he had to remove the word “jihad” from the title of his speech. Approved by the University, the speech was intended to reclaim the true meaning of the word “jihad” as the moral and personal struggle to better oneself and one’s community. It was a critical and historicizing commentary, and one which former University Marshal Richard M. Hunt, who read the proposed draft, described as “healing” and “non-confrontational...
...case has been shown publicly to be a sham, and the only charge I am facing is a basic traffic offense,” he wrote in an e-mail to friends and supporters after Tuesday’s hearing. “The moral victory is ours...
...While I was at Harvard I read a quote that has stayed with me ever since: ‘The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a moment of moral crisis, seek to maintain their neutrality,’” he said. “I would argue that those words apply equally well in Malawi today...