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Instead, Luntz counseled advocates to focus on the energy independence and green jobs that could result from action on energy and climate change. For climate scientists, questions about the IPCC won't end anytime soon. But for the rest of us, the only question that will matter is whether taking action on energy can really help jump-start the American economy...
Taking time off is something Harvard does not easily let you do. Given the Sisyphean stress-cycle on which this college keeps us pedaling, it’s hard to do anything but focus but on the next midterm and to try not to get sick. Even once you make the difficult decision to leave, jumping through all the relevant bureaucratic hoops is an Olympic feat. I was still getting emails deep into October from various offices telling me that I still owed some amount on my term bill...
...tells students that “questions about identity and privilege seem especially important to consider”—identity with respect to “race and class,” that is. Socioeconomic and racial components of one’s life are worthy of focus, but these are not the only areas about which critical thought would benefit students. In the instance of Community Conversations, the College places an “emphasis not on finding ‘right answers’ but on figuring out where you stand.” Crucially, this...
...Does the press focus exclusively on process? The media are consumed with a proverbial turning-of-the-page, the tension between the White House and Democrats on Capitol Hill and the perils-of-Barack drama. Obama has to get the postspeech coverage to evaluate the substance of his proposals and his thematic vision of the country, rather than just focus on his droopy poll numbers and the loss of that Massachusetts Senate seat...
...island - now part of Greece - had a vibrant, 1,700-strong Sephardic Jewish community, but afterward, only 151 remained. So he found work as a trader in the Belgian Congo instead and then moved to Brussels, where he has remained ever since. (Read "Murder Trial Puts Focus on French Anti-Semitism...