Word: sectionalism
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Heath care is likely the most important victim of America’s insatiable urge to sue; fears of malpractice suits push doctors to over-medicate their patients and employ expensive medical procedures excessively. In the last thirty years, for example, the number of American babies delivered by Caesarian section has increased five-fold, an increase fueled in part by bank-breaking jury awards in malpractice suits that found doctors liable for the pain and suffering of patients born with congenital diseases, such as cerebral palsy. A 2003 study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, however, found that...
...offers supposedly objective and documented statements about the anti-terrorism fence Israel is building to foil Palestinian suicide bombing and “News” from the region. To address the most egregious claims in the “News” section of the ad: the statement that “9,000 Palestinian citizens will be removed from their homes in Gaza and the West Bank” is so ridiculous that it is funny, as it makes use of a glaring Washington Post typo for malicious means. As part of Israel’s disengagement plan...
...truth by failing to provide appropriate context for its claims. It states that “The wall ‘consists of 25 foot high concrete walls,’” but less than 4 percent of the barrier meets this description—primarily the section adjacent to the trans-Israel highway on the Green Line...
Finally, the section on the International Court of Justice does not mention the politics behind the ruling, the admitted bias against Israel of the judges involved, the changes in the route of the barrier since the ruling was issued, or the fact that it is merely a non-binding “advisory opinion” which the United States, European Union, and Russia opposed the court’s issuing...
...Harvard, we’re afraid of our own shadows. We don’t chat with each other before section, choosing rather to wait with bated breath for the wise professor or TF. We get worried when our friends get a little too passionate about something political and tell them to “calm down.” We look askance at our professors who speak extemporaneously and wish they could just get to the lecture already. We push ourselves through Harvard, not really loving it, but grateful enough for its name that we don?...