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...Team sports provides a constructive and regulated environment for man’s natural competitive spirit, cleansing what is barbaric in that impulse with intricate rules and attendant penalties all while ennobling the individual desire to succeed by directing it toward a larger, collective goal. Sportsmanship—which today is explained to youngsters as having grace in defeat—affects and develops one’s personal sense of honor: It is better to lose with dignity than to win at all costs...
...concession by congressional Democrats to the Republican minority during an important election year in which gasoline prices skyrocket and the economy continues to stagger. While the pinched wallets of gas-guzzling Americans has sparked a political showdown over offshore drilling, the partisan warfare has unfortunately obscured a larger, more serious issue—the need for a comprehensive energy security policy. Fortunately, the Democratic majority has made a crucial strategic decision to rise above the partisan fracas and actually begin constructing a cohesive and sensible energy policy for years to come. While the concession to offshore drilling advocates is unfortunate...
...Jimmy’s wise reflection, I would add this: Change becomes possible only when we find faith in something larger than ourselves. We’ve seen it in the Exodus of Jews from Egypt, in the flight of slaves from bondage, in the protests of workers and women, in Freedom Rides and peace marches. We felt it in the rebellious spirit of our founding mothers and fathers outside the Stonewall Inn in June 1969, and in the heroic resilience of Stonewall’s children in the face of AIDS and Reagan and “family values...
...protocol varies from house to house and is often erratic and haphazard. More residents of the houses must be willing to participate in their HoCos and determine how to best spend this money. Whether this means standardizing the HoCo election process or allowing for more non-officer input, a larger group of students per house should become involved to best spend the cash in HoCos’ deeper pockets...
...McCain's solution is pretty basic: Cut the corporate tax. The trouble is that his corporate tax cut isn't part of a larger overhaul of the tax code that would reward savings and investment while curbing deficit spending - whether by individuals, private institutions or the government. The cut is only one among many in a budget that is wildly out of balance. How would President McCain convince people that they can't have a bigger flat-screen than they can afford while he's running a government that promises more services than it has money for? Neither McCain...