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September 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
“Those who wait also serve”, simple words written on a bronze relief at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. These words hit home for me when I found an article today introducing the American…
Another great market response. When costs go up, companies who want to turn a profit find ways to deliver lower prices. Shoppers win. Now that this chain has gotten a little press let’s just hope…
With gas prices up, the bicycle delivery business is booming. At first glance it might seem like just a triviality, a tiny positive blip in a sea of industries hurt by higher gas prices. But…
Ariana Huffington & Co. believe they have heard the first imperfection issue from Sarah Palin’s lips. They explain it thus: Speaking before voters in Colorado Springs, the Republican vice presidential nominee claimed that lending giants…
From a news report, just now: “Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush’s tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting…
Scientology is one of modern life’s great amusements, but its amalgamated knowledge and tactics are surprisingly effective, surprisingly real. To wit: it just had 4,000 videos deep-sixed from YouTube. What if these instruments were in…
Prying wider the gap between the notions of its editorial page and reality, The New York Times Co. is firing 550 union folks, replacing them with 550 non-union folks. (“Scabs” is the term, yes?) Perhaps…
MarketWatch carries the tremendous headline “Ready to Rally” this morn on the news that the government is, for now, erasing the ‘private’ part of the public/private mortgage organizations. (The conservatorship, we have been promised, will…
On one of the Sunday interview programs yesterday, the course of conversation led George Stephanopoulos to ask Barack Obama whether as a young man he “considered serving” in the military. Mr. Obama’s response:And I actually…
Featured posts
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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…