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September 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Although this page elects not to discuss the Palin family in special detail, Different River has some good comments….
At the Republican convention, just moments ago: “U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A.” At the Democratic convention, last week: “O-ba-ma, O-ba-ma, O-ba-ma.” On the one hand, a party which regards the celebration of one’s own nation and its…
The Republicans are making their live feed available online, live, in this swell little box. Quite a neat thing, yes? Of course, one also wants to view the coverage provided by my friend Roger…
…may be all that has come out the supposed Supreme Court victory for gun rights. The one and only (soon to be) federally licensed dealer in Washington has no plans to sell guns any time…
Yesterday, the Republican National Convention was opened in order to comply with party rules. I was there for the proceedings and, while they were mostly business, thought to share a few impressions before my liveblogging…
is the completely fictional, not at all based on any real-life goings on (certainly not anything related to the Democratic presidential nominee) topic of a superb Onion op-ed. Black, white, yellow, green, or brown—…
Jay Nordlinger breezes once more into a splendid point:I don’t think Barack Obama needed to have a big, jazzy closing night — the “O-cropolis,” the fireworks, the bells and whistles. Why? Because he has…
John Coale, a former Clinton donor and supporter, is endorsing McCain for president. Perhaps (and hopefully) there will be many more like Mr. Coale….
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October 18, 2009
When Love Beckoned in 52nd Street
We were at San Francisco’s BIX last evening, enjoying prosecco, cheese, and a bit of music. A full year of inhabitation in Northern California has unraveled to me no decent venue for proper lounging, but… -
October 9, 2009
D Afraid of a Little Competish
So our colleague and Dartblog writer Joe Asch informed me that the D has rejected our cunning advertising campaign. Uh-oh. The Dartmouth is widely known as a breeding ground for instant New York Times successes,… -
September 4, 2009
How Regents Should Reign
As Dartmouth alumni proceed through the legal hoops necessary to defuse a Board-packing plan—which put in unhappy desuetude an historic 1891 Agreement between alumni and the College guaranteeing a half-democratically-elected Board of Trustees—it strikes one… -
August 29, 2009
Election Reform Study Committee
If you are an alum of the College on the Hill, you may have received a number of e-mails of late beseeching your input for a new arm of the College’s Alumni Control Apparatus called… -
August 23, 2009
Fare Thee Well, Tom Crady
And now Dean Tom Crady has precipitously announced his departure from the College after only 20 months on the job. How to read this? By way of background, prior to coming to Dartmouth, Crady had… -
May 31, 2009
Kangaroo Court, Indeed
In an interview with The Dartmouth, alumni-elected trustee T.J. Rodgers ‘70 explained his reasons for declining to participate in future evaluations of trustees up for “re-election,” namely the “kangaroo court” nature of such discussion in…