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...City of Cambridge will be without a mayor for at least two more weeks, as the new City Council members, despite narrowing down the number of candidates, have yet to elect??a leader for the 2010-2012 term...
...with cash, they do so out of a desire to be entertained, not to be preached to. With every ticket they buy, moviegoers aren’t necessarily endorsing the views of the actors they see on the screen. Celebrities are agents of entertainment, not the “elect?? who are destined to transform our society for the better. They are merely a group of people with the rare ability to make their audiences laugh and cry on cue, and such talent is merely a matter of good fortune. And why should we allow people whose...
...Indeed, there may be a deeper significance to Obama’s selection of Warren. The President-elect??s recent selection of openly gay Episcopal bishop V. Gene Robinson to give an inaugural prayer suggests that his invitation to Warren is one of mere courtesy, not an endorsement of the evangelical leader’s political views. In fact, there may be a distinct policy perogative at stake—winning younger evangelicals over to a more progressive position on gay rights. And there is reason for such hope as, despite Biblical injunctions, younger evangelicals are becoming more...
...inclusion of environmental issues in any evangelical policy agenda. Given the importance of Barack Obama’s inauguration to the entire country, his selection of Warren is an encouraging sign. While Warren’s stances on social issues might understandably alienate some of the President-elect??s supporters, our new president should not waste any time before tackling critical issues like climate change and poverty reduction. Beyond that, a new outreach program may help liberals and progressives to persuade the younger generation of evangelicals to moderate their stance on the divisive but important issues of abortion...
...third of the output gap over the next two years.” Furthermore, it will only lower unemployment from about 9 percent to 7.5 percent, while the economy’s target unemployment rate, the natural rate, is about 5 percent. By the standards of the president-elect??s own economists, the plan will leave America with high unemployment and a weaker economy...