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...WORST ARGUMENT THAT YOUR VOTE ACTUALLY MATTERS Officials in Florida's Broward County shrugged off a software glitch that left 103,222 votes uncounted because it did not affect any outcomes...
Punch-drunk. Terry McAuliffe must have been punch-drunk. After seeing a Republican President gain congressional seats in a midterm election for the first time since 1902, the Democratic National Committee chairman offered a woozy bit of spin: "I could make the argument that George Bush should have done a lot better last night." McAuliffe was not the only one finessing the results. "This country is still in the upheaval of 9/11," said dethroned Senate majority leader Tom Daschle. "The war in Iraq, the North Korean situation--all of that probably precluded us from having the opportunity to break through...
...vast Iraqi oil fields. This is a line of reasoning that we often hear from those on the appeasement-oriented left. If one really believes that the administration is subservient to the whims of “Big Oil,” it may seem an enticing argument. Unfortunately, it is logically backward. Given that Hussein’s full compliance with U.N. weapons inspectors is implausible—making a confrontation exceedingly likely—it would be useful to debunk this “No Blood For Oil” myth once...
...petition is unique in that it provides a legal argument for divestment in addition to a moral one, arguing that by investing in Israel, the university violates its own strict ethical investment policy...
...think Yale’s petition is much better than Harvard’s or Columbia’s petition in that it possesses both a legal and moral argument and calls for the total, rather than the partial selling off of investments,” Boyle said...