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...Adams and George Bush did. Gregg's father was the governor of New Hampshire in the mid-1950s. Judd held the same job little more than three decades later and then was elected to the US Senate. His own accomplishments are so modest that he lists the "Legislative Recognition Award" from the American Ambulance Association as an important milestone on his CV. Gregg's contribution to the debate about the federal budget is a statement he made on CNN's State of the Union talk show. He observed that if Congress approves the budget as it has been proposed...
Though the National Book Critics Circle Award carries no money, its posthumous awarding to Roberto Bolaño for his monster of a work, “2666,” raises a host of unsettling questions about the place of prizes, especially monetized prizes, in the world of letters. It’s not that “2666” was not a great work or that I feel it shouldn’t have won. In fact, though I have to admit I haven’t finished it, I have a hard time believing that there...
...Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and erstwhile presidential candidate Howard Dean discussed President Obama, healthcare, and the “50-state strategy” at the Institute of Politics forum last night, before heading to Kirkland House to receive the Harvard College Democrats Leader of the Year award. Dean spoke before a packed audience at the forum, where he focused on the recent evolution in campaigning methods and the ways in which a changing ethos among Americans led to the election of the nation’s first African-American president. “It?...
...Regan MacNeil Award for "Holy F***, Did an Exorcism Just Occur...
Sprinkled between a series of comedic anecdotes and profanities, Grammy Award winning comedian Lewis Black conveyed a clear message to a group of students at Kirkland House last night: find something you love, and do whatever it takes to pursue it. Notorious for his loud, angry stage persona, Black, visiting as part of the “Conversations with Kirkland” speaking series, turned down the volume—but not the crowd-pleasing four-letter words—and focused his talk on the pursuit of a fulfilling career. “Your major obligation in life, unless...