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The Lowdown: Like Sigmund Freud, Miller sees sex everywhere; all our acquisitions of personal goods, according to Miller, are motivated by the primal desire for procreation, pleasure or both. Though he advocates abolishing income taxes in favor of a "consumption tax" and learning to buy secondhand, he isn't a...
As was publicized and explained, our efforts to trim the FAS budget focused on local planning and efficiency-increasing measures, and it asked the community for ideas. It produced an extensive set of suggestions, and the academic deans of FAS approved those that made better use of our limited resources...
When administrators move to the next round of cuts and speak of “department reshaping,” they must remember that academic life is the essential purpose of a university, and cuts that damage the educational experience should be made as a last resort only, especially when...
Many smart budget cuts have been made, including those to unnecessary travel and consulting expenses. Yet, as administrators review these recent cuts and look toward making more in the future, they must ensure that the core functions of both House life and academic life are not seriously harmed. Given the...
Cynicism over the two-state solution has grown, meanwhile, on both sides of the divide. Robert Malley, a negotiator on President Clinton's team at Camp David and who later gave advice to candidate Obama, has written a thoughtful assessment of the declining prospects for the two-state solution, along...