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...Hizballah's power reflects a larger truth about the pitfalls of democracy in the region. "The religious fundamentalists are the only real countervailing power to the local oligarchs," a Middle Eastern diplomat told me. "There may be, as President Bush believes, a general desire for freedom, but the number of people who really understand democracy and free-market economics is very small, and it's groups like Hizballah that are ready to move into the vacuum...
...genocide, before becoming one of the first inmates to confess. He was rewarded with release nearly two years ago, pending trial. "I started realizing that what happened in this country was indeed terrible," he recalled after his trial, which lasted five hours. "The Bible says, 'Tell the truth, ask for forgiveness, and then start looking ahead and asking for eternal life.'" Ntirushwamaboko will be sentenced this week. He faces seven to 12 years, but the time served will be taken into account. As a reward for confessing, half his sentence can be spent working three days a week in community...
There may be some truth to that...
...Bradford County, Penn. (funded with government money) includes Bible study, prayer, and religious counseling. Also, there are indications that money which has already been allocated by the Bush administration to faith-based initiatives has gone to religious groups that counsel women against abortion—for religious reasons. In truth, the federal government does not have the best track record in vetting programs to make sure that they are not promoting religiously motivated agendas. In December, the Washington Post reported that some federally funded programs were teaching children false information in sex education classes, including that touching a person?...
...This ridiculous argument contains a small nugget of truth. Matt Mahan, one of the Senior Gift Plus organizers, has suggested that Senior Gift Plus will help students think critically about how they give money. I’m not worried that “thinking critically” will turn into “T-bills Divestment Campaign,” but critical thinking may threaten Harvard’s fundraising. Harvard will never be the world’s neediest cause. With an endowment second only to the Catholic Church, Harvard can’t tug the heart strings...