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...experiment had an independent effect: it made both liberal groups and conservative groups significantly more homogeneous, thus squelching diversity. Before members started to talk, many groups displayed a fair bit of internal disagreement. Even in their anonymous statements, group members showed far more consensus after discussion than before. It follows that discussion helped to widen the rift between liberals and conservatives on all three issues...
...Government Department where I happily reside at Harvard, there are about 50 professors and about three conservatives. In a politics department, mind you. This is the result of affirmative action, a policy in effect for over three decades directed toward the goal of greater diversity. A policy intended to make Harvard more inclusive has rendered it more exclusive in political and intellectual diversity, the diversity that matters most...
...incompetence and the dishonesty of the Bush administration. At a time when our nation faces some of its toughest challenges—globalization, climate change, the War on Terror, and healthcare—this administration has lacked both the policy foresight and the support of the American people to effect any meaningful change. Despite Bush’s failures, however, we are optimistic that with the right leadership, our nation will be able to overcome our problems as we’ve done so many times before...
...More importantly, what would the effect of having Hillary inside the administration be on Obama’s ability to lead? The next administration is going to have to make some difficult choices on matters affecting its core constituencies. There is looming generational conflict about health care reform and entitlement spending. Hispanics and working class whites and blacks are likely to have varying perspectives on immigration reform. Well-traveled, tech-savvy young college graduates are going to view globalization and international environmental crises a little differently from laid-off manufacturing workers in Ohio and Pennsylvania...
...Within these regimes, the book contends, long-term ties with Western nations through trade, investment, immigration, and communication have a democratizing effect...