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With the announcement of the Nobel Prize in literature expected in the coming days, many literary hopefuls are sure to be on the edges of their seats as American authors like Philip Roth, John Updike ’54, and Joyce Carol Oates are considered for the prize. But a comment made on Tuesday by a senior member of the Swedish Academy—the body that bestows the Nobel Prize—that American literature is too self-absorbed might throw cold water on the hopes that an American author will bring home the prize. In an interview with...
...Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings flashed a 120-question, six-page financial aid form before the eyes of a packed audience at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum last night. In an address entitled “Educating America: The Will and the Way Forward,” Spellings announced the Department of Education’s newest initiative to simplify the federal aid application process. She is proposing to shorten the Free Application for Federal Student Aid from 120 questions to 27 and streamline the way that students qualify for financial help. “It?...
...Moderated the 2004 Vice Presidential debate between Vice President Cheney and John Edwards. When Cheney asked for more time to answer a question, she told him "Well, that...
...hours before the House of Representatives smacked down the financial-bailout package, I watched John McCain - eyes flashing, jaw clenched, oozing sarcasm and disdain - on the attack in Ohio: "Senator Obama took a very different approach to the crisis our country faced. At first he didn't want to get involved. Then he was 'monitoring the situation.' That's not leadership; that's watching from the sidelines." And I thought of Karl Rove. Back in 2003, at the height of Howard Dean mania, Rove was skeptical about Dean's staying power as a candidate: "When was the last time Americans...
...Much has been written about McCain's mercurial temperament during the past few weeks. An election campaign that was supposed to be all about Barack Obama has turned out to be all about John McCain. In the process, the other side of the equation - Obama's steadiness throughout - has been pretty much overlooked. Just after the House shot down the bailout, Obama took to the stage in Colorado, and the contrast with McCain couldn't have been greater: "Now is not the time for fear, now is not the time for panic," he said. "We may not be able...