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...complaint is that the student association will become a haven for pre-law Government majors seeking to fatten their resumes at any price. Even if you accept the underlying assumption that people here are that intrinsically evil, the worst that can result is still better than the current status quo. The institutional link would still exist, ready to be taken seriously when conditions warranted it. In addition, I reject the cynicism inherent in this objection. I know that some members of any organization privately see it only as a stepping-stone, but I would wager that...
Lasch said Friday he believes social science today--as well as social scientists--contain an implicit status quo bias...
...Right offered a long list of piecemeal reforms amounting to a mere embellishment of the status quo. The Left wanted a massive attack on unemployment; the Right denounced this scheme as inflationary and likely to lead to a huge payments crisis. The Left in turn denounced its opponents' indifference to unemployment and inequality. The verdict of the voters was both clear and negative. They failed to endorse the Left's projects for a new society. But the fact that the Majority received only 46 per cent of the first ballot (vs. the Left's 48 per cent) indicates that they...
...Palestinians almost seem determined to keep that cause lost. A year ago, President Carter first spoke of U.S. support for a Palestinian "homeland." This was a considerable achievement, the best the Palestinians have ever had in 30 years of warfare, but they failed to respond. The quid pro quo in American eyes was Palestinian recognition of Israel's right to exist, something that Arafat and other "moderate" Palestinian leaders wanted to do. However, there was too much pressure to the contrary from more radical P.L.O. members like Marxist George Habash...
...should be noted, however, that Israel is not solely to blame for shattering the fragile status-quo. Moreover, the terrorist attack gives some validity to Israeli fears about negotiating with the PLO at this stage. That is not meant to belittle the necessity of establishing a Palestinian homeland on the West Bank. Nor is it intended to imply that an overall settlement at Geneva--taking account of that necessity--is not the ultimate solution to the problem of peace. It does suggest, though, that perhaps the best way to capitalize on the momentum left over from Egyptian President Sadat...