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...rather than technical grounds: we have a very complex economy that requires management, and management needs legitimacy. It does this through credentials and so-called expertise, and creates a whole class of people who are accountable only to themselves. For me the problem is the idea there's a general field of management that applies across all different kinds of businesses. That's what I think is all baloney...
...detention was expiring. U.S. President Barack Obama called it "unjust." British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called it "monstrous." Out of sheer frustration, some Burmese will turn to the Hague for solace. Taylor is the first African head of state to face an international war-crimes tribunal. Could junta chief General Than Shwe be the first Asian? (Read "Burma Court Finds Aung San Suu Kyi Guilty...
...roles in the 2006 firings of nine U.S. Attorneys. The documents indicate that political strategist Karl Rove placed an "agitated" phone call complaining about New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, who was later pink-slipped. (Rove insists he did nothing wrong.) The scandal led to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; a criminal probe continues...
Intramural crew: 1. The sport of participants who wake up when everyone else is going to sleep. 2. Legitimate excuse for making a general mockery of your senior spring coursework (see Extension...
Former Vice President Dick Cheney and other members of the Bush Administration might have had a tense weekend. After months of delay and controversy, the Obama Administration is expected on Monday to declassify the 2004 CIA inspector general's report into the agency's interrogation program. Cheney, the most prominent of several Bush-era officials who have vociferously defended the program, faces either vindication or more vilification...