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October 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
The old George Orwell saw about needing a constant struggle to see what is in front of one’s own nose—well, that seems rather the case in our present economic vale. By the evidence, the McCain…
Tomorrow morning thousands of students across the country will take the LSATs, I will be among them. As if I have not had enough of the wretched test already, here is a little coverage from…
About 50 people have turned up to the student Presidential Search Committee Forum today in Collis Common Ground. About 20 are students. Chairman of the search committee Al Mulley ‘70 opened with vagaries, a great…
Appointed Board of Trustee member Stephen Mandel runs Lone Pine Capital, L.L.C., a fabulously palmy hedge fund which, according to leaks late last eve, is losing a bit—11%, actually—of its sheen. Although Mr. Mandel took…
Jennifer Levitz has a lovely piece of reporting on this economic rue of ours….
Unsurprisingly, many news outlets are reporting that Biden “won” the debate e.g. CNN here. Here is another take from pollster Frank Luntz: JOE adds: Don’t discount this because Luntz is a Fox Newsie, either; he…
On this morning’s “Today” show, the Vice Presidential debate was not the lead story. Nor was it second or third. It was fourth story of the morning, a terrible bore. And if there was ever…
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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…