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...folks over at COFHE, they’ve got it all wrong. The “literacy” with which they are concerned is inarguably essential, but incorrectly assigned. That 50 percent of four-year graduates are unable to calculate a tip is inexcusable, but rather than blame it on the fact they avoid math classes in college, why not ask how they passed high school not knowing how to take 15 percent. Standardized tests in secondary schools are intended to ensure that students are equipped with the necessary tools to succeed in college. This implies that a proper...
...Lincoln had to go before a big union meeting that was being held on the steps of the Capitol. He said 'the Secretary of War is not to blame for not giving troops to McClellan. He had no troops to give.' He said, 'I take it upon myself for the blame of what has been charged on the Secretary of War.' That immediately ended the campaign against Stanton...
Miers, 60, declines to cast blame for her nomination's demise, preferring to "leave all that for other people to analyze." Her brothers were upset by the uglier comments about her, but she professes no bitterness. "Many aspects of that process were very enriching and very enjoyable," she says, pointing to her discussions with Senators and reconnections with childhood friends who called and wrote. "I'm grateful to all the people who were very supportive. It was a lengthy process, but it allowed me time to focus on the importance of the court," she says. "I can't imagine...
...thought of as moralists or dubbed reactionaries. Last fall, when Harvard Right to Life published anti-abortion posters—though the organization is secular, objection to abortion is common to most Christians—many students ripped the posters down.It is not right to blame Harvard’s Christian community for not taking an active role in campus affairs. They do. The Catholic Students Association and the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, among others, do a reasonably good job in tending to their flocks. But the larger point is that the intellectual culture at Harvard discourages identification, public...
...blame regulators for not going far enough in the cleanup campaign. A settlement reached in 2003 with 12 Wall Street firms forced disclosure of analyst conflicts, set aside $460 million to fund and distribute unbiased stock research to individual investors and linked analyst pay to the performance of stocks they pick. That's a lot better than the old days, when an analyst might tout stock of a so-so company purely to ingratiate himself with management...