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September 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
At the Tuck School today, a panel of professors discussed the credit crisis in a “News Hour” discussion. Included were Bob Hansen, Matt Slaughter, Syd Finkelstein, and Phil Stocken. Watch the full discussion here….
Today I tabled for the College Republicans in an effort to recruit some of the freshman for campaign work this fall. It has been a while since I’ve tabled, but the experience was remarkably similar. I saw some excitement and…
A deranged urchin escaped from the Port Authority, ran across the street into The New York Times, and let John M. Broder run a lead story about how Barack Obama will not do so well in the upcoming debates because…
I posted a link to a good column a few days ago regarding the financial bailouts and economic instability. Here is another great one, written by Ron Paul. The article looks at both the root of the problem and future…
One of my little avocations is typography. In the declining months of my time at Dartmouth I whiled away happy hours delicately crafting curricula vitae for friends. When I hired a designer to reimagine Dartblog, I spent a tremendous amount…
A great article here from the Washington Times considering election day possibilities stemming from a not wholly unlikely 269-269 tie in electoral college votes. The tie might be broken by Congress, but the newly elected one or the lame duck…
Before you go into any building in downtown Manhattan these days the security guards are required to take a photo of you with your head buried piteously in your hands and send it to the newspaper photo editor of their…
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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…