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...become convinced that every other club member should be too. Our decision to deny admission to half of the student body solely on account of gender is every bit as unjust as our forebears’ practice of barring candidates because they were black, Jewish, or gay. It needs...
...think that there’s a bit of Lowell’s fallacy in every club member who asserts that, while he firmly believes in gender equality, he still finds it important to preserve his claim to men’s-only space. He, like Lowell, fails to note that bringing different types of people together in the social realm is not only possible, but beneficial...
...Britain's election campaign seems a bit, well, American, that's not entirely surprising. British politicians watched the 2008 U.S. presidential contest closely. "All the main parties are trying to grab a trick from [President] Obama's campaign textbook, focusing efforts and resources on social media," says Alberto Nardelli, co-founder of the website Tweetminster, which tracks politicians' and commentators' Twitter interactions and analyzes the sentiment toward political issues...
...Will these talkfests really change voters' opinions? "That is the great unknown for us," Cameron tells TIME. "It's a bit mad not to use TV to have a debate between people who want to be Prime Minister. I've always been in favor. I've been pushing for it." Front runners have traditionally shied away from debates, but the exposure may help Cameron finally convince the public to give him and his party sufficient backing for a conclusive victory. Andrew Hawkins, chairman of the polling organization ComRes, says that "too many people still don't know what the Conservative...
Quick off the blocks, Obama will still be hard-pressed to best the prolific appointers of ages past. The one to beat is George Washington - who, admittedly, had a bit of a leg up, starting the Supreme Court, as he did, from scratch. One of the first bills ever to be introduced in the Senate, the Judiciary Act, constituted a Supreme Court made up of a Chief Justice and five associates. Washington signed it on Sept. 24, 1789, and within hours he nominated six men to fill the posts. Congress responded with a haste that is unimaginable today: five nominees...