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Power's support of this misguided legislation is one of the reasons countries around the world see the U.S. as hypocritical and sanctimonious. How about looking in the mirror to see our gross mistreatment of Native Americans, Chinese, Japanese and Africans? Better to continue working with the Turks while encouraging them to repudiate the events of 1915, much as we strive to overcome the consequences of having enslaved the ancestors of 12% of our population. Honesty is the best policy? How about: Judge not, lest you be judged? Derek Braybrooks, IRMO...
It’s also clear that he’s recruiting far better than his predecessor. Sophomore wideout Austin Knowlin, last season’s Ivy Rookie of the Year, is one of the top receivers in the league, and freshman linebacker Alex Gross, who leads Columbia in tackles, is on pace to win the award this season...
...more dire need of reform as it is under the Bush Administration. An unusually high number of Bush IGs, such as Janet Rehnquist at Health and Human Services, have been forced to resign under a cloud as a result of bipartisan pressure, often because of bald incompetence or gross interference with the IG mission. At the same time, a number of good IGs have felt undermined or even been forced out by their political superiors after uncovering major problems; Clark Kent Irvin, for one, encountered resistance from Tom Ridge at Homeland Security after highlighting porous weapons detection at airports...
...original version of this article incorrectly included former Pentagon Inspector General Joseph Schmitz as one of the number of Bush administration IGs who "have been forced to resign under a cloud as a result of bipartisan pressure, often because of bald incompetence or gross interference with the IG mission." While at least one Democrat and one Republican senator were raising questions about Schmitz's job performance at the time of his resignation in September of 2005, Schmitz had in fact conveyed to the Secretary of Defense his decision to step down a year before. Moreover in October...
...winds and torrential rains, so you get that psychology in your mind and you come out...and it’s pretty typical for [the Columbia game].”EXTRA POINTSThe league’s top two rookies faced off in the first meeting between Lions linebacker Alex Gross and Crimson running back Gino Gordon. Both have won multiple Ivy Rookie of the Week awards this year, and Gross had the better outing on Saturday, registering 10 tackles while Gordon, who left the game in the third quarter with a shoulder injury, was held to just 34 total yards...