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...lack of transparency” on the part of Denmark, the summit’s host nation, in its composition of the talks. Yet China has raised obstructive technical objections to specific lines of text throughout the week—eerily similar to the personal account of China’s actions at last year’s climate talks in Paris, shared with me by a prominent scientist who served in the U.S. delegation there. If China is up to its old tricks, calls for greater transparency seem, at best, confused...
This should not be surprising. The senate is not set up to account for the popular will, but to resist the passions of voters. James Madison said as much in Federalist No. 63, writing that the Senate would act as “a defense to the people against their own temporary errors and delusions.” This should be offensive to small-d democrats everywhere, but aside from that, Madison’s defense of the Senate fails on its own terms. The Senate blocks not just benefits for the masses, but legislation of all varieties. As Texas...
...people want it. They get their breaking news from the Internet, their sports scores on TV; the thousands of people who ventured into bookstores and coffee shops in search of Panorama weren't looking for that. They wanted the full-color comics, the hilarious account of a California liberal's first NASCAR race and an article titled "Are Michelle Obama's Eyebrows Too Angry-Seeming?" They wanted something well written, insightful and fun. Something that could handle in-depth investigations, thousand-word essays and an article on how to make moonshine...
...Every student fills out an extensive application, where they answer questions about their personal and academic interests,” McFarlane said. “I take all of their responses into account and review the applications to ensure that each pairing is a good...
...members. Thus, we applaud the council’s use of this constitutional provision despite a lack of precedent. It provided the proper forum to show disapproval for McLeod’s actions, which included authorizing an inappropriate email that was sent from the ucpres@fas account. The message’s premature and unproven accusations were distributed in negligence of UC and EC procedure, generating confusion and uproar that harmed the reputation of those named—and the entire council. The UC’s official slap-on-the-wrist was the right course of action to address...