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...issue of perceiving the nation’s interest is not as important as the attack on our nation’s principles. Our proud belief in freedom of speech, of religion and of assembly, reflects a deep respect for the pursuit of truth through free exchange. Propaganda and noble lies may be good enough for other countries, but democracies demand the truth. Treating the truth as a commodity that can be bought and sold with research funding, as though it were so many head of cattle, is a direct assault on our most fundamental principles...
...Trager, Summers’ Memorial Church address was a rallying cry. “Larry Summers, he makes me so proud to be a Jew,” says Trager, who after the speech went to Summers’ office hours to congratulate him personally. “He is willing to stand up to sentiments that—when accepted on the academic level—challenge the Jewish people and their international existence...
...Employing troops of pesticide-wielding workers to eradicate snails and offering free health checkups and medicine for all those living in the schistosomiasis-prone Yangtze River region, China slashed the number of victims to 2.5 million in 1975. By 1988, that had shrunk even further, to 400,000. So proud was the Great Helmsman that he wrote a poem, called "Sending Away the God of Plague," commemorating the People's Republic's fight against a tiny worm...
Reveling in the wake of Diebold motion’s last week, Palfrey said he was proud of the students...
Romney has simultaneously launched another last-ditch effort to deny homosexuals the rights of other citizens, urging legislators to begin the lengthy process of amending the Massachusetts constitution. For this proud defender of an unfairly exclusive institution, nothing less will suffice than a state constitutional amendment that explicitly bars gays from the institution of marriage. It seems unlikely that this backwards provision will get through the legislative process any time soon, but it is imperative that Massachusetts’ lawmakers take action now to make the SJC’s ruling a reality. Knocking down the barriers to free citizenship...