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...Harvard to be diminished by his presidency’s comparatively short duration or a few ill-advised remarks he delivered at a single conference.More importantly, it is precisely Summers’s style of intellectual provocation that is needed in Washington today. The U.S. needs somebody at the helm of its economic policy who will ask the right questions and encourage those around him to offer original, creative thinking. Throughout his career, Summers has more than proven that he is ready and able to do both. The fact that his career has already been marked by such brilliance...
...efforts by the GOP to suppress and steal votes is beyond biased. Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004 were called Democratic on the basis of exit polls before mysteriously ending up on the GOP side, costing the Democrats both elections. In the two cases, state officials at the helm of the electoral process were GOP loyalists, intimately involved in the presidential campaigns. With a dismal ethics record and an ideologically rationalized "end justifies the means" worldview, is there any doubt that an increasingly desperate Republican Party will continue to resort to what has worked in the past? Francisco Rocco...
...changes make it into the Federal Register - the official record of Washington rules and regulations - by Nov. 20, they will take effect before Bush leaves office and can likely only be undone by a new Administration. "It will be a lasting challenge for the policymakers who will take the helm," says Vickie Patton, the deputy general counsel for the Environmental Defense Fund...
...efforts by the GOP to suppress and steal votes is beyond biased. Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004 were called Democratic on the basis of exit polls before mysteriously ending up on the GOP side, costing the Democrats both elections. In the two cases, state officials at the helm of the electoral process were GOP loyalists, intimately involved in the presidential campaigns. With a dismal ethics record and an ideologically rationalized "end justifies the means" worldview, is there any doubt that an increasingly desperate Republican Party will continue to resort to what has worked in the past? Francisco Rocco...
...since Kagan took the helm at the Law School in 2003, she has launched ambitious plans to revitalize the institution, convincing her faculty to approve major revisions to the school’s curriculum while raising $476 million in its five-year capital campaign and laying the groundwork for a large physical upgrade to the campus...