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September 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Every so often, another horrifying tale of “honor killings” shocks the world before fading into obscurity labeled under “cultural differences” or, more precisely “things we wish did not happen, but at least we do not…
Barack Obama’s latest ad attacking John McCain for being computer illiterate is backfiring in a big way. Let us forget for a moment that McCain is more aware of computers than the Democrats would like…
In the emerging sordid saga of the U.S. Department of the Interior, involving sex, drugs, rock and roll, and all that jazz, the department’s inspector general, Earl E. Devaney, relates the following: On one occasion…
“Eighty percent say McCain, with nearly three decades in Congress, has the right experience to be president. Just 46 percent say Obama, now in his fourth year in the Senate, is experienced enough. Another 47…
If you have not had a chance to view Charlie Gibson’s lecture to Sarah Palin—and her polite but intelligent interjections—it is available on YouTube in two parts: here, and then here. I’ve only seen…
On the op-ed page of today’s Times, David Brooks on rescuing the Republican Party by tempering the rhetoric of individualism with a recognition that communities count, too. It is the path that British, Canadian, and…
Huh. Who would have thought that combining morality, hard work, private enterprise, and individual incentive would make for a good system of education? Reason reports on a thriving private high school enterprise….
That horrid little cube is, it appears, ABC News’s advertisement for its exclusive interview with Sarah Palin. It reflects, I suppose, the fact that the only dirt on the demographically impure governor is fabulous…
Calling to mind Diane’s post, below, about The World’s affinity for Barack Obama, there is this bit of texture: “Russians like Putin and Obama, polls find.” Russia has not, as yet, fully regressed to its…
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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…