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...make a deliberate effort to transcend race in your political career? Fatima Syed, RICHMOND...
...Perlman, and is expected to eat up the innings that were once the domain of Shawn Haviland ’08. In fact, Hulse will literally put on the same jersey—No. 22—that Haviland wore a year ago. Haviland is now beginning his career within the Oakland Athletics organization, while Hulse looks to help the Harvard baseball team forget the disaster that was the 2008 season...
...similar career boost for bright students would be helpful in government. The public sector already has plenty of institutions that do the job of a West Point in the form of high-ranking government and public-service schools. The government would be well-served by starting a “Public Service Fellows” program in which students who graduate magna cum laude are put on an official career fast track. Of course, this does not mean that such graduates should be blindly promoted regardless of competence. But simply giving a promise of open doors and professional attention ahead...
...Admittedly, such a program should not have to exist. Quality workers should naturally rise to the top in any good organization. But that’s a magnificently long-term problem, and in the meantime the government still needs an influx of talented students in its ranks. When career bureaucrats dominate the cabinet roundtable, then advancement shortcuts will be obsolete. Until then, talented students will need to see a less murky path to success if they are to join the public sector...
...when his father lent him money for a summer course in radio engineering. Then he got a broadcaster's license, a job at a local radio station, and his own radio show. Limbaugh went to Southern Missouri State for a year before dropping out to pursue his career...