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...Democratic presidential hopefuls must talk "about the God who guides them and the beliefs that sustain them," then it is doubtful they will come off as genuine. The need to hire "faith advisers" is also telling. The real problem for Democrats is that the policies they back always outweigh the views they express...
...tempting to turn to protectionism. But however well meaning, the failure of efforts to keep jobs in developed countries is already on display. The poster child of government attempts to protect jobs is Continental Europe, where companies are reluctant to hire new workers because they must pay costly employee benefits and because it can be difficult to fire workers who are later unneeded. Those restrictions are designed to help workers, but have instead in the long term led to unemployment rates in most of Europe that are twice as high as those in the U.S. Engaging in protectionism in response...
Reporters argue that seemingly small details can illuminate larger truths about a candidate. And they often do: Gore's sartorial hire told us about his insecurity as a candidate, Kerry's sandwich moment about his remoteness. When Elizabeth Edwards told an interviewer on July 17 that a female presidential candidate may by necessity be unable to fully embrace women's issues, she raised an important point. But her remarks were immediately characterized as a catfight between the Edwardses and Hillary Clinton...
Part of preserving that culture is keeping the right ratio of experience to fresh talent. Dodge & Cox hires only one or two analysts a year. Starting in the 1980s, that became a problem as the firm began covering foreign companies. Dodge & Cox could have hired a big batch of analysts but decided not to, fearing it would wreck the apprenticeship model. "If you hire five people at the same time, they all start going to lunch together," says president Ken Olivier, a member of the U.S.-stocks committee. And as years passed, there might not have been enough promotions...
...Friend. He has a word-perfect memory of the audition: "The producer, who was 93, said, 'There are people here who can sing and dance better than you. But nobody has as much fun on stage. I can't resist you. You're contagious. I am going to hire you because I have so much fun watching...