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...month after Illinois state legislator Barack Obama made headlines with his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, I ran into him on the streets of Chicago. I was a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) on the south side, and though I was not supposed to read newspapers, I knew who Obama was from the signs in the windows and the front-page articles I glimpsed on porches while I knocked on doors. When my companion and I saw Obama in person, we stopped him and shook his hand. The first...
...three-point shots, and certainly Kyle’s five in the first,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “And it was impressive that he wasn’t forcing shots in the second half.”Indeed, Koncz had a quiet latter frame, scoring just three points—but converting an important three-pointer that put Princeton ahead, 56-50, to spark a 15-4 game-ending run.Rather, it was Gunn who took over for the Tigers, repeatedly breaking away from his defenders—most often sophomore guard Jeremy Lin?...
...nation enjoy. Formal liberty—the legal constructs that conservatives subsume under the rhetoric of “equality of opportunity”—thus becomes opposed to what Dewey called “effective liberty of thought and action.” It is the latter that leads to an unchanging but endlessly adaptable ideal: granting each individual the autonomy to realize his capacities...
John McCain is too pro-immigration for these latter-day Perotistas. And Mitt Romney is too hedge fund. If either of them won the Republican nomination, a souped-up Perot could win over downscale Republicans who like Mike Huckabee's anti-corporate populism. And he might pick up a few John Edwards supporters as well?white male union types who think Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are too pro-immigration...
...meals at Super Suppers, Dream Dinners and Let's Eat!, the latter a well-reviewed East Coast chain that uses fresh herbs and serves complimentary mimosas. And I was surprised that while these meals tasted nothing like anything I'd ever make or order at a restaurant, they were mostly pretty good. I'd have Dream Dinners' rich Steak Gorgonzola again, or that big, gloppy, messy, delicious dish of prunes, olives and capers they call Chicken Mirabella...