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September 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Mr. McCain’s full address, below….
The numbers are in. And nearly as many Americans tuned in to watch Sarah Palin, the young and not-too-experienced Republican candidate for Vice President as tuned in to watch the young and not-too-experienced Democratic candidate…
Her complete remarks, in the extended. I will permit my colleague Jennifer to offer more detailed observations—she was there, and I was not—but I thought she was a roaring success. More comments to come….
Sarah Palin’s speech was simply electrifying. I cannot express the excitement in the room as a woman accepts the Republican nomination for Vice President. This woman represents not only the future of our party, but…
Former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, is addressing the convention with incredible humor. He is on the attack towards Barack Obama and the Democrat Party. Gov. Huckabee skewered Sen. Obama for his “excellent adventure to…
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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…