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...jumping, government sanctioned--and two hefty gentlemen with helmet hair and dangly cell phones butted in front of me as if by divine right and dumped their bags and laptops on the conveyor and forged ahead without a nod or a smile. It felt more than unpleasant; it felt un-American. But this is a Midwesterner talking. We were brought up to be thankful and wait our turn and not think we were too important to stand in line for the turkey and stuffing...
...kinds of things he says, the English department shouldn’t have invited him—not that it didn’t have the right to do so, or that the University should step into the fray. Moreover, the English department chose of its own accord to un-invite Paulin and then to re-invite him. If public criticism had anything to do with these decisions, that says more about the department’s lack of backbone than about any real limitations on free speech...
...department is concerned, it’s a bit disingenuous for English professors to talk as though they were guided in their deliberations by a deep concern over free speech. If un-inviting Paulin really compromised the department’s commitment to the First Amendment, why couldn’t this smart group of Harvard professors see so until after being attacked for revoking the invitation? That may not be a fair criticism of the entire faculty, as the group that un-invited Paulin was, according to The Crimson, smaller than the group that re-invited...
Forty-four percent said that if they were drafted, they would seek an alternative to service, but 69 percent of students believe that the U.S. should act with the support of allies if UN inspections fail...
...Swedish diplomat Hans Blix led the advance guard of his inspection team back to Baghdad this week, but their mission was a combination of housekeeping and diplomacy. While administrative staff set to work on cleaning and re-equipping the operational headquarters of the UN Monitoring and Verification Committee (UNMOVIC), Blix held a series of meetings with top Iraqi officials to set out what will be required of them. Sources close to the discussions described the atmosphere as positive and businesslike, with the Iraqis promising full cooperation...