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Kansas has a knowing relationship with radicals. A portrait of abolitionist John Brown - gun in one hand, Bible in the other - occupies a place of honor at the state capitol in Topeka. Bar-bashing Carry Nation took her hatchet to some of the best saloons in the state. Wichitans long ago processed the fact that a doctor with a mansion in the suburbs wore not just a gown to work but also a bulletproof vest. They kept it at arm's length, though. Some places, like some people, seem to relish any sort of attention. Not this place...
...Zardari government. Waziristan warlord Maulvi Nazir signed a nonaggression pact with the Pakistani military in 2007 and sent his fighters to battle Mehsud. But because he continued to mount attacks on U.S. forces in Afghanistan, he became the target of drone strikes. Enraged, he recently buried the hatchet with Mehsud and joined forces with him and a third warlord in a united front against the U.S., Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Mehsud has stepped up his campaign of terrorism on Pakistani soil as well, saying a recent attack on a police-training center in Lahore was a response...
...early debates with Senator John McCain, President Obama famously declared that the government needed to use a “scalpel” instead of a “hatchet” to reduce spending. The state of California, however, seems to have no problem with using a hatchet to address its current budget crisis. As of mid-March, the government will have issued over 25,000 pink slips to teachers statewide, to the outrage of teachers, parents, and students alike...
Josh Akman is a columnist for the George Washington University Hatchet...
...staff but also shortened the holiday dinner and luncheon by an hour each.“HDS has researched the most cost-effective compostable vendors for the food utensils and plates,” Divinity School spokesman Johnathan G. Beasley said.SLIMMING DOWNBut while these schools have taken a hatchet to their budget, others—such as the Law School and the Business School—have been less ambitious about trimming the fat. At the Law School event, requests from mildly intoxicated guests hoping for one more drink will not be accommodated, as staff will be monitoring the open...