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Grossman also praised Obama’s work on the proposed Iran Sanctions Enabling Act, a bill that would allow for the divestment of state and local governments in Iran’s oil and gas industry...
...course, voter purging is a legitimate process. States monitor their voter registration lists to remove names of ineligible voters, such as those who have moved or died, and duplicates. Under the 2002 Help American Vote Act (HAVA)—a broadly focused piece of legislation passed in large part due to the controversy over vote counting in the 2000 presidential election—each state must maintain a computerized list of registered voters. The intent of such a list is to expedite management by quickly correcting mismatches. Because of the nature of the electoral system in the U.S., where...
...innocuous enough, but “Hot?” “Crowded?” I turn nervously to the back flap. There’s Friedman, his moustache a hairy smear across his upper lip. Dude looks like a 70s swinger. DECLARE YOURSELF: SPEAK, CONNECT, ACT, VOTE by Declare Yourself This book, aimed at teenagers, includes essays by 50 people on the importance of democratic participation. Apparently, Tyra Banks contributed. Now this next bit isn’t quite related to the book, but here is how Ms. Banks revealed her biggest beauty secret...
...life and career. “Harvard doesn’t focus a vast amount on the ‘how’—it focuses on the ‘what.’ It’s hard to major in playing a violin or acting or something like that here,” he said. “Instead they want you to study the great works of literature and the great lessons of time. We’re all philosophy majors in a weird way, because we examine what it means...
...instinctively appealing about Barlow’s determination to eat the whole pig. It speaks to the primal desire to triumph over the plate: “There comes a point...when the pleasure of tasting food gives way to a more visceral, almost delirious delight in the physical act of eating.” Just as Barlow feels compelled to finish the steaming bag of bones, the reader feels compelled to finish the book for the sheer pleasure of conquering it. Still, “Squeal” is not an entirely unappetizing adventure. Like Barlow?...