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...argument ensues. Evan Z. Macosko ’03 says he is concerned that the political discussions in their room have a tendency to quickly “devolve” to joking. The discussion continues, but some of the roommates elect to leave the room...
...Americans in recent years have made it clear we don't want to elect politicians who are smarter than we are. Rather than pin our national hopes to politicians at ease with nuance, most of us seem to crave average thinkers with average ideas. And that's a shame, because all of us should feel encouraged and comforted, rather than threatened, by the presence of great thinkers in Washington. As Moynihan proved over the course of nearly forty years in government, great minds are well-used in the messy and essential arena of public service...
...Best Documentary prize and Moore strode on-stage in the company of the other filmmakers nominated in that category. Moore said they were all there as a show of solidarity for non-fiction in "fictitious times." He said: "We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man who's sending us to war for fictitious reasons, whether it's the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts." Some members of the audience stood to applaud, but they weren't seen...
...people they have never met. But President Bush’s willingness to go it alone puts a special responsibility on American voters. We are the only ones who can prevent or force a war. Demonstrators in Rome or Paris may be committed, but they didn’t elect the government that will make the final decision on Iraq, and they can’t get rid of it. Bush may not be a model of democratic decisionmaking, but he will listen to his constituents if they speak loudly enough...
Worries from afar can also be alleviated when doctors are willing to make house calls, a retro trend that is spreading among some geriatricians. The American Academy of Home Care Physicians has 700 members, and the number is growing at a rate of 10% a year, says president-elect Dr. Gresham Bayne, who belongs to a San Diego practice of 12 doctors who only make home visits. "This kind of option allows more critically ill senior citizens to remain at home and gives great peace of mind to their family members," Bayne says. "Baby boomers don't necessarily have...