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...York Attorney General’s office for almost a decade. Federal regulations are an effective way of eliminating such scandal in the future, if they are tough and appropriately directed. To prevent further sordid deals between student lenders and universities, we hope that regulators will enact stricter laws and that universities will reform their lending procedures to foster impartiality. Addressing the problem from the perspective of both a lender and a university in this way will create a safer lending environment for college students nationwide...
...treaties - the Peru Free Trade Act - before it heads to the Senate, where it is expected to have an easier time. Pelosi and Schwab came to an agreement on the Peruvian and Panamanian Free Trade treaties after some labor and environmental standards were added in. Peru has moved to enact these requirements, making it the most likely to pass muster with tree huggers and union lovers. But experts say there is little chance the other three - Colombia, South Korea and Panama (which has not yet passed laws similar to Peru's) - will see any action this year or next...
...After 9/11, one of the recurring ways we as a culture responded to the events of that day was to re-enact a kind of John Wayne western. I'm not just talking about the Oval Office where, of course, there was all that rhetoric about how we were going to smoke them out of their holes and Bush was recalling old Dead or Alive posters from old movies. But so many of our pundits and politicians were talking about the war on terror as going back to our days of fighting the Indians on the Great Plains. The Cabinet...
...ideal of masculinity. It's not as Mad Men cool, but it is healthier. "The emerging and evolving norms of fatherhood and masculinity challenge men to be a different kind of guy," says Rochlen. "But on the positive side, it gives them new opportunity to embrace and enact these dimensions that are good for them and good for their families." It's even good for their emotional health. Coltrane says fatherhood is proving a "safe pathway" for men to develop and explore their nurturing side. "It's not considered wimpy or gay to hug your daughter," he adds. That...
...tenures. Before Ohio Representative Paul Gillmor was elected to the House in 1988, the reliably conservative Republican served in his state's senate for 22 years, rising to president. After winning by a 27-vote margin in the '88 primary, the former Air Force captain led legislative efforts to enact financial-service reforms and clean up commercially contaminated sites. He was 68 and died of a suspected heart attack...