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November 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Just because we have said next to nothing about his candidacy, here in an interview of Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr with Reason, discussing everything from Supreme Court appointments to which government bureaucracies to abolish…
The libertarian Reason magazine’s contributors offer their thoughts on the choices in this presidential election, among them comedians Drew Carey and Penn Jillette, author Bruce Barlett, President of Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist, Harvard…
Whom do you visualize when you hear the phrase The Audacity of Hope? I’m willing to wager that within approximately 3 tenths of a second, you think of Mr. Barack Hussein Obama. Mr. Obama has…
So far we have been hearing a lot about the ‘Bradley Effect,’ the idea that voters will not want to admit racial prejudice and consequently Obama will poll a few points too high. This may…
Incumbent senator John Sununu is fighting a tough race this year against former New Hampshire governor Jeanne Shaheen. It is unfortunate on the Dartmouth campus to see so many people rubber stamping the Shaheen candidacy…
that John McCain’s economic plan is far and away superior to that of his opponent, Barack Obama, then all doubts should have been resolved yesterday. The McCain campaign released a statement by 300 economists and…
The note below the McCain sign reads: And to the thief who stole my other sign: Thanks! I like this one much better….
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…