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...government’s arbitrary deadline.” Massachusetts currently requires voters to register 20 days before an election. David C. King, a public policy lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government, said that common objections to EDR include the idea that people who don’t bother to register before elections won’t make informed decisions and that EDR may make an election more vulnerable to fraud. But former leaders of the Institute of Politic’s Harvard Voter Outreach and Turnout Effort (H-VOTE), a program that asked students to pledge to vote...
...That's not strictly true. Republicans didn't bother with any such shenanigans. Their overseas supporters are expected to vote by postal ballot in their home states. Republicans Abroad U.K. holds fundraisers and social get-togethers such as the first meeting of its Young Republican branch, a staid gathering where some two dozen fresh-faced professionals and students met up, also on Super Tuesday, in a central London bar. One of their number, banker Allison Bruneau, 28, says she's encountered a view among Britons that supporters of President Bush "drive pick-up trucks" and pine for slavery...
...those of you in that situation, I have some sage, seniorly advice: don’t bother. That’s right. Your diploma may have one less line printed on it. Your mother who wishes you went to a college where you could triple-major might be angry. You may even worry that your chances of landing a consulting job will be in jeopardy. But you will be a happier and better person if you cut the secondary field loose...
...going to convince parents to pay $6,000 so their kids can play hockey?" asks Coleman. The NHL could invest more money to subsidize these costs for potential players, but with so few African-American pros in the sport today, who could these kids emulate? Why would they even bother with hockey, when they see so many African-Americans succeeding in basketball, football, and other sports...
...flying through unfriendly skies didn't seem to bother the Israelis when they bombed Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981. Why now wouldn't Israel defy the world? "An Israeli attack is not expected," he said, conceding the point. "But on the other hand it's not unforeseeable...