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...been common in the commentariat to deplore an absence of American "leadership." But the issue today is really one of followership - in other words, whether nations outside the U.S. would take their cue from New York City and Washington even if both those cities were inhabited by latter-day Solons...
...climbing the ranks at a premier law school. It’s not just about having spent fives years as a prisoner of war, but rising to become a powerful senator who’s spent decades in Washington. Unfortunately, though, we can’t hear about the latter achievements because they alienate the candidate from the people they may one day lead. Empathy and sympathy, necessary as they are in a president, have shrunk our candidates and nipped off the interesting stories of their “improbable journeys” at the very beginning.Rachel A. Stark...
...been brave enough to voice it. Yet, in a matter of hours, several prominent thinkers rushed to deem the bailout the abandonment of classical economic theories about free market capitalism, as well as the expiration date of Reaganite de-regulation. The former is a plausible argument, but the latter rather inconsequential given the RTC precedents of the current bailout. More importantly, the plan designed by Bernanke and Paulson socializes the risk of the most toxic real estate assets, which have been polluting Wall Street balance sheets since the advent of the credit crunch over a year ago. In that...
...form into the later rounds of the tournament, culminating in a final 7-5, 6-3 win over Boston College’s Thomas Nolan to clinch the bracket. Notable Crimson victories were also recorded by senior Michael Hayes and freshmen Davis Mangham and Alistair Felton—the latter winning the fifth bracket. “Overall, I was very pleased and very encouraged by [the team’s] attitude, cohesiveness, professionalism—and all of us can get better,” Fish said. “It’s been a great second weekend...
...revised and polished her presentation - she no longer pushes some of the more questionable claims about her record as a mayor and governor, such as alleging a consistent opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere. Instead she speaks generally about her commitment to changing Washington and to reform, the latter of which she says will be one of her major areas of responsibility as Vice President, along with energy policy and children with special needs...