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Senator McCain is not perfect. He seems to revel in the media’s glare. A good author could even make a case for hypocrisy after his opportunistic flipflop over ethanol to help his bid in the Iowa straw poll. Certainly his immediate dismissal of the Iraq Study Group report could be called into question. There are opinion pieces critical of Senator McCain that are well written and well researched. This opinion piece is neither...
...Department of African and African American Studies voted unanimously yesterday to push forward with the tenure case of hip hop scholar Marcyliena Morgan, whose last bid for tenure at Harvard two years ago was blocked by then-President Lawrence H. Summers.If Morgan and her husband, sociologist Lawrence D. Bobo, accept Harvard’s entreaties, the move will allow the Af-Am Department to regain some of the star power that it lost during Summers’ five-year term. Bobo previously was the Tishman and Diker professor of sociology and Af-Am studies at Harvard, and Af-Am faculty...
...Thursday, Nov. 16, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) created his presidential exploratory committee and began what will likely be his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. During speeches that day to the Federalist Society and GOPAC, McCain hypothesized that the Republican Party lost the midterm elections because it had “abandoned its principles.” But as McCain explores his presidential bid, Republicans need to be wary of this rhetoric from the senator known for his bipartisanship. The Republican Party may have abandoned its principles, but John McCain is a symptom of this disease...
...Annan to Bid Adieu United Nations chief's farewell Kofi Annan makes his last major speech as Secretary-General this week in Missouri. (Ban Ki-Moon takes over on Jan. 1.) The topic: the need for accountability in U.S. foreign policy...
...reporting on the Republicans' loss of the U.S. Congress examined what the triumph of moderates and pragmatists will mean for the country's policies. Many readers were eager to bid good riddance to scandals and a faltering war strategy, while others remained wary or skeptical of any bipartisan gain...