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Despite his avowed disappointment in the conduct of the American government in recent years—specifically regarding its use of torture—Tribe concluded his remarks with a sentimental evocation of his pride in becoming a naturalized American citizen, and his respect for the Constitution that “guarantees our freedom to challenge the practices that bring us shame—and to vote for a changed government...
Exit Pollsters vs. Voter Privacy in Minnesota, 1:47 p.m. E.T. Election judges in Minnesota are erring on protecting the privacy of voters over the ability for exit pollsters to conduct interviews outside of polling stations. A head election judge at a polling station on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus said I could not interview voters within 100 feet of a polling station after they had already voted, saying my activities constituted exit polling...
...search for the antidote to the eight poisonous years of the Bush administration, we looked carefully at the voting records, decisions, and speeches of both major party candidates. We considered their policy proposals and their campaign conduct. But most importantly, we considered whether they would have that essential respect for the intellectual heavy lifting of competent governance...
...January 2001, George W. Bush entered the White House proclaiming that he would conduct a “humble” foreign policy characterized by an explicit disavowal of “nation-building.” In January 2009, he will leave his successor with every single one of his disastrous legacies, including two very real wars on the ground, an angry and resurgent Russia, and hostility overseas. Our next President will have to not only correct Bush’s errors—a Herculean task in and of itself—but will also have to restore...
...reporting of history. “These conflicts are still going on, we are still feeling the effects of them,” Marks said. “So history has not had time to judge. Day two of the conference will highlight the relationship between the conduct of these wars and the postcolonial landscape. Four more panels today will present on conflicts in Zimbabwe, Vietnam, Algeria, Rwanda and the Congo...