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Calderón acknowledges that Mexico's "open wound" of massive labor migration will top the agenda when he meets with Bush on March 13. He has talked of a desire for the two countries to "think creatively about new programs for job opportunities" that would halt migration at its source, deep inside rural Mexico, instead of at the border. Despite his strong start, Calderón has a lot to prove. "We're still exploring Calderón," De la Calle says, "and I think Calderón is still exploring himself." Mexico's future will be defined by what he finds there...
...history is any indicator, the Undergraduate Council (UC) will convene an unofficial student committee that will prepare a report and get limited face time with her. These are, however, highly imperfect substitutes for open, organized communication with undergraduates. A committee would produce a less random and more productive student agenda than a digest of e-mails ever could. It would also serve as an excellent resource for a back-and-forth between students and Faust. And an official committee has many benefits that an unofficial one does not—it would likely get more time to actually talk...
...Fresh ideas. I don't sense that conservatism is exhausted. There's new thinking on domestic policy that could serve as the basis of an interesting agenda for the G.O.P. nominee. Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam explain in their forthcoming book on "Sam's Club Republicans" how the G.O.P. can do a better job of responding to the anxieties of working and middle-class Americans in areas like tax policy and health insurance, and the Ethics and Public Policy Center's Yuval Levin suggests a complementary policy agenda--"Putting Parents First," he calls it--aimed at those same swing voters...
...There is a hefty agenda,” she said...
...plan to attend Madison’s talk. Madison said she believes that a person’s choice to abstain is a personal decision. Responding to the pro-abstinence groups’ criticism, she said, “It’s wrong to push your agenda on someone else, whether you’re for abstinence or for having sex.” Blake L. Johnson ’09 said he agreed with Madison’s message. “I’m glad that it wasn’t judgmental...