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...switch? "The facts changed and the situation worsened," Paulson said during the Q&A. He kept coming back to that phrase, "the facts changed," in what seemed to be a conscious reference to economist John Maynard Keynes' famous line, "When the facts change, I change my mind." As Paulson put it in an answer to another question, "I will never apologize for changing the approach or strategy when the facts change...
...Obama Effect The media make much ado about the so-called Bradley effect [Nov. 3]. And it doesn't take a genius to see that John McCain and Sarah Palin have counted on this racial motivation to help them overcome the consequences of their poorly run campaign. But we must now factor in an even more potent quotient: the Obama effect - that quality whereby the more you get to know a politician, the more you like and trust him or her. This likability and perceived trustworthiness continue to grow over time. Across the board, Obama's ratings have steadily increased...
...network design that states that information should be able to flow freely over networks, including the Internet, “regardless of political ideology or other constraints,” such as content or the origin or destination of the information, according to Co-director of the Berkman Center John G. Palfrey, Jr. ’94. For example, Internet providers would not be able to restrict user access to Web sites based on which ones provide them with more money. Currently, the government does not explicitly enforce network neutrality, said Zimmerman. Although the Berkman Center does not take...
...marriage outside California as well: citizens in Florida and Arizona also voted to make gay marriage unconstitutional. The vote was overwhelming in Florida, where voters favored Barack Obama in the presidential race but still decided 63% to 37% to make marriage available to heterosexual couples only. And in John McCain's home state of Arizona, voters reversed course just two years after defeating a similar, if more sweeping, ban on gay marriage...
...these developments pain the family of Michelle Moore-Bosko. For their part, they do not believe the men invented their involvement under duress. For the family, every new press release about the Norfolk Four reopens old wounds. "Let my poor baby rest," her father, John Moore, told the Washington Post on Monday...