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...show with the most nuanced take on gender now is actually a sitcom: 30 Rock. Through comedy-show producer Liz Lemon (Tina Fey)--a woman middle manager in an overgrown-boys' field--it has dealt with topics from misogynist swear words to the gap between baby-boom and Gen-X feminists with a gender-consciousness that's unashamed but unafraid to make fun of itself. (In one flashback, teenage Liz sues her high school to become placekicker on the football team; she flubs a kick and cheers, "Yeah! Feminism!") Liz isn't powerful enough to be in a mafia...
...addition, we welcome the move many students seem to be making toward other fields of interest. In the past, a large number of freshmen have opted to choose Government simply by default, because it was “the thing to do.” This mentality is reprehensible, as a reasoned and deliberate concentration choice is one of the most important decisions a Harvard undergrad will make. The reduction in Government concentrators can be seen, in part, as a welcome change in behavior: With more time to choose a field, students are tailoring their academic decisions to their particular...
...Young Democrats continue to reshape the political playing field. Four years ago, under-30 voters cast 9% of the Democratic ballots, while over-65 voters cast 24%. If those proportions had held up yesterday, Hillary Clinton would have won in Missouri by more than 20,000 votes, instead of losing by 10,000. Turnout among Democrats is up dramatically across the board - but most of all among young voters...
...Hillary Clinton is fading. Twice now, after the Iowa caucuses and on the eve of Super Tuesday, Obama has surged in the polls and thrilled the Democratic elites. And his strength in this race is real. Yesterday in Missouri, he drew roughly as many votes as the entire Democratic field - eight candidates - tallied four years ago. But Clinton is just as strong. Her losing effort this year racked up nearly twice as many votes as John Kerry managed in his landslide 2004 primary victory. This is a battle of behemoths, and if Missouri is any guide - and it usually...
...Voter turnout in most states is running well ahead of that for the GOP. Democratic fund-raising continues to break all records-even those set previously by Republicans. The Democrats' issues cupboard is fuller than it has been in a decade and a half. And voters have narrowed the field to two wildly popular candidates, either of whom would make history if nominated, much less elected...