Around this time three years ago, I wrote my first letter to The Herald. The letter was in response to the protests that occurred during a lecture by Richard Pearle, former chairman of the Defense Policy Board. During his lecture, which addressed academic diversity, a large group of students chanted, ...
Supporting "action" in Darfur is now the fashionable thing to do on elite liberal campuses, yet what do people really mean when they ask for action from the United States government? The United Nations has already taken decisive action in Sudan, including the passing of multiple Security Council resolutions. ...
On March 1, 2005, Rhode Island became the seventh state to implement a statewide smoking ban, prohibiting smoking in virtually every work place in the state. The ban is enforced under the 2005 Public Health and Workplace Safety Act and applies to all businesses except the state's two gambling parlors, ...
Tensions are mounting as protests against a Danish editorial cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed continue to escalate. On Friday, protests expanded to Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, where over 1,000 protesters chanted, "Long live Islam. Destroy Denmark. Destroy Israel. Destroy George Bush. Destroy ...
Say goodbye to the momentum of the environmental movement for the next 100 years. According to "60 Minutes," geologists have determined that there is enough oil in Alberta, Canada to "solve America's energy needs for the next century" - a statement which will pose an enormous obstacle for environmental ...
While watching CNN the other night, a friend of mine called the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuses "torture." She proposed that the emotional scarring of being photographed nude or being threatened with electrocution was as terrible as physical torture. It wasn't the first time I had heard this said at Brown. ...
On returning from the library the other day, I was confronted with a sign on my dormitory door that read "Christopher Columbus: wanted for grand theft, genocide, racism, initiating the destruction of a culture, rape, torture, maiming of indigenous people and instigator of the big lie."
In 2000, Providence was ranked by CNN as one of the 10 best places to live in the United States. Yet take a stroll downtown any day of the week, and you'll find it utterly deserted. Why? Providence has an amazing art scene, three top universities and world-renowned cuisine, but it lacks a nightlife ...
We hear it every day. Today's world is fraught with dangers - terrorists, epidemics and guns. We have triple locks on our doors, alarms on our cars and medicines to prevent the normal symptoms of aging. Yet the most immediate threat to our health is continually overlooked: environmental degradation. ...
While flipping through The Herald the other day, I stumbled upon the headline "Committee for Slavery and Justice hosts community discussion" (Oct. 20). I thought to myself, "Great, another vague article about a vague discussion about the steering committee's vague purpose." However, one remark in the ...
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