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...democracy. Regime change in Iraq has changed the climate in the Middle East by enabling the Iraqi people to defy the insurgency and prove the plausibility of democracy. Even more importantly, Bush shifted away from the U.S.’s previous policy of “pragmatic tolerance?? of brutal autocratic regimes, which calcified established political regimes and stillborn reformist efforts. As a foreign policy, cynicism masquerading under the self-congratulatory name of “realism” doesn’t have the potential of Bush’s Wilson-esqe vision of freedom...
...Boston Police Department (BPD) outlined plans for new, harsher “zero-tolerance?? policies for student campuses at a meeting last Wednesday with representatives from about 10 colleges—specifically citing the Harvard-Yale game as a event which needs stricter policing...
Evans, who commands the Allston-Brighton district, has a history of cracking down on underage drinking and touts a “zero-tolerance?? policy for area schools. But he said that tailgates would not be ruled out entirely. “No one’s going to sign onto this event unless a lot more regulations and restrictions are put in place,” Evans said. “I think we’re going to have to revisit the whole idea of such a large-scale event...
...fear that the recognition of Engelhard at this particular time may be interpreted by the South African government and its supporters as an indication of official acceptance—or at least tolerance??of apartheid by major American institutions,” the legislators wrote...
...Jews remains one of the most painful questions for me,” says Wisse. “I cannot understand why liberals of all people—who pretend to believe in democracy, who pretend to believe in freedom…who pretend to believe in tolerance??could fail to speak out energetically on behalf of [Israel]…One has to conclude that their liberalism is a sham...