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October 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
According to this article, at least. And, I guess, this videographic documentation….
Some weeks ago I posted about a Reason article laying out 7 potential libertarian upsides, a good thing in case this was in doubt, to an Obama presidency. Here, for balance, is Reason’s companion piece…
This, evidently, is what passes for an impartial moderator these days: Gwen Ifill (of PBS) and her forthcoming book on the stunning campaign of the inspirational Barack Obama. Sounds about right. By the same standards…
As of this morning, the committee conducting the search for Dartmouth’s Seventeenth President has released by e-mail its long-awaited “leadership statement,” which is to guide and govern the committee’s vetting process. I was expecting a…
Yes, I have seen this foul video. Roger L. Simon ‘64, who has been ‘round a number of times, geographically and politically, has a useful reaction. LATER ON, readers inform me that the video is…
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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…