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...construction plans. Flyvbjerg said planners often overestimate revenue and underestimate costs in order to ensure funding for their projects, comparing this “culture of misrepresentation” to pork barrel spending. “You get rewarded for misrepresenting projects and you get punished if you are honest,” he said, adding that he often receives e-mails from planners confessing this. “It’s like I’m some Catholic priest.” The problem is pervasive, said Flyvbjerg. Boston’s Big Dig?...
...That is why brave, honest cops like Khodaydad are so important, and so hard to find. And why the U.S. military is hoping to replicate his achievements in a new mentoring program dubbed Focused District Development. In FDD, every officer in a single district is sent to one of four regional training centers where they are taught tactics, maneuvers, first aid and basic policing skills. They also learn about human rights and rule of law. One patrolman confided to his trainer that he never knew beating his wife was illegal...
...coincidence that the most honest police district in the region is also the most targeted by Taliban insurgents. Most of the other district police chiefs try to stay out of the Taliban's way, or actively support them by donating weapons meant for cops on the beat. Khodaydad estimates that he gets into at least two engagements with militants a week, while surrounding districts are tranquil. "The government in Farah is working hand in hand with the Taliban," he says. "Khalil [Rahmani] asks me, 'Why do you fight? You are the only one. Why don't you relax like...
...seen a level of engagement and interest in the upcoming presidential election that is heartening, given the traditionally low rates of voter turnout amongst 18-29 year olds. Various groups of students from diverse backgrounds and divergent agendas have come together to engage each other in a civilized, intellectually honest, and energetic discussion. We commend all of these students for their efforts, and applaud the College as a whole for fostering these encounters. Perhaps the most interesting developments include the issue-specific debates hosted by a variety of ethnic, cultural, and student support organizations. These groups and their members?...
...across their faces like a mask snapping into place. “Still undecided,” they’ll say. Or, “Not sure yet.” Or, when I’m really lucky, they’ll be honest—as honest as they know how to be.“I’m not voting for no Muslim,” they’ll say. “He’s not really a Muslim, you know,” I’ll begin, but they?...