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...rights in Iran, citing laws requiring women to veil, which she argued reflects the fact that Iran is “not an advanced democracy.” According to Ebadi, these laws are not reflective of Islam but rather of a “patriarchal and wrong interpretation of Islam.” “If you go further east—Malaysia, Indonesia—the veil is not mandatory and people there are able to live more comfortable and free lives,” Ebadi said. Ebadi expressed faith that the Iranian people will find their...
...ancillary questions like how many Iraqi units are fit to fight without U.S. assistance. A functioning Parliament could provide a release valve for rising sectarian tensions, but the fact is both disaffected Sunnis and Shi'ites are still using the threat of violence to gain political leverage. It is wrong to assume that each new step toward democracy, however laudable, will persuade jihadists to lay down their arms; those who disdain Western-style democracy aren't likely to be persuaded by its implementation...
...surprising move today, Hastert and Pelosi issued a joint statement demanding that the Justice Department return the documents it seized in the raid. "No person is above the law, neither the one being investigated nor those conducting the investigation. The Justice Department was wrong to seize records from congressman Jefferson's office in violation of the Constitutional principle of Separation of Powers, the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution, and the practice of the last 219 years. These constitutional principles were not designed by the Founding Fathers to place anyone above the law. Rather, they were designed to protect...
...Three innocent actions - a gift, a restorative vacation, a trip to a wedding - turn dreadfully wrong, not because of the venality of the people who put them in motion but because of the caprices of destiny. The film makes two unarguable points: that, wherever we live, whatever our status, all of us on earth are interdependent; and that, whatever care we take to control things, our lives are ruled by chance...
...have so many tests I can't write them all down. They are all expensive. They are all designed to detect pathology - in other words, something wrong. And unfortunately, at one point or another in every person's life, none of them can really help cure us. All they can do then is give what ails us a name, tell us that someone has seen this before, and remind us not to expect too much...