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...what, under Suharto, had been a deeply centralized nation. The bottom-up emergence of the faith-based laws lends legitimacy to those who say they represent a Muslim majority that was never well served by the capital's secularized-and often corrupt-political ?lite. "People in Jakarta may not understand this, but Shari'a is the aspiration of the people, because it makes everyone, even government leaders, accountable," says Muchsin Noor, a cleric who runs a pesantren in West Java's Cianjur regency, where Shari'a bylaws were officially implemented last year. But it is precisely the scattered nature...
...could understand why the chairman of Virgin Atlantic Airways would be interested in an orbital passenger jet. But why invest in what now looks like the world's most expensive amusement-park ride? "I hope that people going into space will come back and appreciate this beautiful world more," says Branson, turning philosophical about man's future on Earth. You almost believe him until he flashes that grin and adds, "If worst comes to worst, the Virgin Moon sounds pretty good. We'll colonize it!" Then Branson walks off the beach at Necker, shouting, "King Richard of the Moon! Lord...
...respect their existence. To me it’s encouraging that a large number of students have publicly proclaimed their commitment to a value that is important to them. And their current campaign is not at all heavy-handed. In fact, I don’t understand why several students feel it necessary to make fun of a campaign they could just as easily ignore. There are certainly more obnoxious campaigns that the TLR could have produced to get your attention...
...same time, though, even after all of my hard-hitting questions, I still don’t understand why TLR asked God to leave the party. TLR’s presidents are Roman Catholic, heterosexual, abstinent, and dating each other, and though hard facts can add legitimacy to ideology, the statistics on TLR’s web site—intended, I think, to seem terrifying—are not at all convincing. For instance, TLR asserts that pre-marital sex acts put me at higher risk of depression. But do they seriously expect me to believe that dry-humping...
Harvard's Gatekeeper The next president must improve teaching and the intellectual diversity of the faculty By THE CRIMSON STAFF Friday, November 17, 2006 Harvard’s president has a hand in every tenure offer the University extends; our next president must understand the importance of this power...