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...have the central government recognize state laws shielding their citizens from conscription--in effect, giving New England its own military and foreign policy. If Madison balked at these modest proposals, they said, then another convention "must act as such urgent circumstances may require." First the demand, then the threat...
...economy and its hopes for a rapprochement with the West. Most Iranian leaders and the public believe in Iran's right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. But a real split has emerged between hard-liners allied with Ahmadinejad, who are willing to risk international sanctions and even the threat of a U.S. military strike in a quest to become a nuclear power, and pragmatists, who might accept limits on Iran's program in order to win political benefits from the West that would preserve the current regime's hold on power. Reflecting the success of recent U.N. sanctions against...
...argue that there is a social cost to violence. But even assuming that one could connect violent shows with, say, violence in children, connecting any specific violent entertainment with any specific result is dubious. Legislation against prime-time violence also may be unconstitutional, but the mere threat may be enough to stifle edgy shows. And the attempt to do so establishes a chilling principle: limiting certain kinds of choice and expression in order to make people think and act better...
...from last year’s squad and posted a more-than-respectable 27-5 record this season. The women’s Atlantic Coast Conference, of which Maryland is a member, contains two of the number one seeds in the tournament. The Terrapins also have a low-post threat in junior Crystal Langhorn, who averages a team high 15.1 points per game and shoots an impressive 72.1 percent from the field...
...intolerance" seven years ago delivered the commencement speech at Falwell's Liberty University last May. Ask the candidate what his message is this time around, and he tells TIME, "Experience, background, record and vision. Who is best capable to address the challenge of the 21st century, which is the threat of radical Islamic fundamentalism?" But what about reform? These days McCain has to be prompted on that one, which he lumps into "all of those things...