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...Government Stephen D. Ansolabehere, FM heard that you were an elections expert for CBS on election night. How did you feel when Barack Obama was declared the winner? “We all stopped what we were doing, but we had a full plate of other races to call at CBS, so I was trying not to get too distracted because I had to deal with the senate and governor races and the remaining presidential races. At CBS, we knew that [the election] was going to turn to Obama at the 11 o’clock hour. When...
...them to be president—someone who made them feel inadequate. No, they told me. They hadn’t. Everyone I told about the article asked me how I could bear spending so much time talking to these people. “What are you going to call your article?” my roommate asked. “The Tool Factory?” But I thought there was something refreshing about the openness of their ambition. The Harvard social code assumes that every student is wildly ambitious, but any display of ambition is seen as gauche...
...Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico and the first Hispanic candidate for the democratic nomination in 2008. Halfway through my interview with Andrea, her cell phone rang. She looked at the number and answered. “Caleb Weatherl, how do you know I was going to call tonight?” she said. “I will fill you in on the UC situation. It’s not what you think.” Caleb said something on the other end of the line. “I was until today,” she said...
...that the Crimson’s fans have bad memories of—special teams.Granted, I’m a little biased. I’ve grown up watching Virginia Tech, a team that has moved from obscurity to national prominence by focusing on special teams, patenting a style called “BeamerBall” that lives off finding hidden points in the kicking game. It’s the only school I know where the fans stand up and pay rapt attention whenever the special teams come on the field. The Hokies even call their punt-block unit...
What can you recommend to parents struggling with their children? Get the help that you need. Reach out to your family your friends your faith community. If you don't know where to turn, call 211, or the Boys Town National Hotline. Then go the next step. Follow up. Don't quit. Continue to work with your kid with counseling and therapy. Maybe it's your own parenting skills that need help. But continue to reach out to get the help that you need. That's what's healthy. That's what our children need and that's what...