Women and Careers
To the Editor:
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To the Editor:
I was wasting time recently by doing one of my favorite things -- reading about anything that comes to mind on Wikipedia, a wonderful little (and by little I mean absolutely huge) free, open-source encyclopedia on the web. Surprisingly (or not), I soon found myself at the "Dartmouth College" page. I read through with interest, and was taken aback by a few of the remarks posted in the "comments" section. I am not, of course, talking about the one by a community member saying he, despite being much older than the typical college students, can still get into fraternity basements on a whim.
Go blue states, because red states are backward and suck! Gooooooo donkeys!
Our world has changed. Five years ago, foreign policy was decidedly different than it is now. Today's international arena is dominated by words like "freedom," "liberalism," and the granddaddy of them all, "democracy." We see an Earth in which oppressed peoples everywhere, particularly in the much maligned, so-called "Arab world," are rising up and taking advantage of their inalienable right to govern themselves. In spite of this, many people, including a substantial proportion of this country, are opposed to actions taken by the current administration to further the spread of democracy.
Conservative. Liberal. Those two words probably speak entire sentences to you.
I am the reason we have not defeated world poverty. I am the cause for the continued existence of AIDS in Africa. It is my fault that the children of the Indian Ocean countries, ravaged by the tsunami, do not have adequate food and shelter right now. I am Jack's indomitable sense of guilt.
Throughout our nation's history, there have been many differences on many important issues -- not to mention a civil war thrown in there -- but at the end of the day, we have always been able to resolve these differences and sit back down at the dinner table with one another. I like that about this country. I dislike it, more often than not, when men who have differences resort to pettiness and name-calling rather than debate and compromise. There are, however, some issues which are nonnegotiable and leave little room for compromise. The recent uproar over "intelligent design" is one such issue.