Opinion
Capturing and punishing the bombers won’t end terrorism
March 30, 2016How we respond to that resistance is what we need to examine; if the response is force, we can hardly complain when we find ourselves the target of "asymmetrical violence" - terrorism.
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Singing in the shower at Amherst led to bigger things
March 29, 2016The acoustics in the communal shower of Stearns Dormitory on the Amherst College campus were superb, like singing in the chapel of an Italian monastery.
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Setting the record straight about socialism
March 29, 2016In every age, scientific reasoning takes a beating from entrenched prejudices, fears, and hatreds.
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Henry David Thoreau: Bright glows the pond
March 24, 2016Like all giants of the past, Henry David Thoreau writes in a different period of time but speaks to us today.
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Remembering Ferguson and the birth of a movement
March 17, 2016They stood up and in a simple act, spoke his name - Mike Brown. Others have stood up since.
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