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September 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
WOODSIDE, Calif. — In strange ways nature seems to desire wine-making. I passed this morning on a drive to the winery of a friend, whose affinity is for pinot noir—seen above, nearly as fresh as…
It appears that talk of a McCain rise is real, not merely a post-convention, Palin-related bump or an illusion of nationwide polling. McCain has recently taken the lead in the electoral college based on the…
Rich Hailey debunks the panicked cries of “gouging at the pump” after Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. As a number of commenters have said, Supply and demand. It’s not just smart, it’s the law. — Glenn…
Some of the unpaid staffers at Obama H.Q. in the White City produced this spoof on the act one finale of Les Misérables, with apologies to the lesser Schönberg. It’s a solid piece of work,…
Sarah Palin is ostensibly the Republican Party’s nominee for Vice President of the United States. But is it just me, or is she actually running for President? Judging by who everyone is talking about—who Republicans…
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…