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October 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
This debate is to focus on domestic policy (read: the economy) which is generally considered Obama’s forte. Tax policy and spending will probably be the main topics of the debate, moving past the social “wedge”…
Introspection has, I am sorry to say, become a bit of a luxury for me this year. I am caught between my school work (including my thesis), law school applications, and the final 20 days…
Some interesting discussion and arguments for letting children vote over at the Volokh Conspiracy. Certainly thought-provoking. If a child of whatever age could pass a knowledge test perhaps somewhat akin to citizenship tests already in…
When I am stuck in traffic, or even just congestion, I am inclined to blame everyone. First I blame the driver going too slow in the left lane. The self-absorbed idiocy of these parade starters…
is the Supreme Court and already some interesting happenings: Chief Justice Roberts trying out his mystery thriller prose. and The Court ruling against a death row inmate who argued, among other things, that he was…
I am at Stanford’s Campbell recital room for some fortepiano evensong from the darkening but excellent Malcolm Bilson. Schubert Impromptu; Beethoven E-maj—the highlight; something that needs the black-and-white dynamics of this old Graf instrument—and I…
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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…