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...songwriting disappoints most of all. To be sure, there is the odd line that stands out for refreshing cleverness or insight; in the otherwise drab “Don’t Hideaway,” “I’m going to write you a letter / every day you like you were a debtor” humorously captures the stalker-like intensity with which the narrator commands his beloved not to “hideaway.” But these instances are notable chiefly for their rarity.A much more representative example of the songwriting comes from...
...lack of appelate court experience. But it was Kagan’s unwillingness to answer questions posed by Specter, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, that caused support for her nomination to wither among Republicans. Kagan garnered just eight Republican votes in support of her nomination. In a letter to Kagan after her confirmation hearing, Specter asked the Harvard Dean to elaborate on her responses to written questions. But Kagan declined, arguing that the Solicitor General would be unwise to explain personal opinions before assuming an office charged with representing the United States government. Professor Charles Fried, a prominent...
...last night: find something you love, and do whatever it takes to pursue it. Notorious for his loud, angry stage persona, Black, visiting as part of the “Conversations with Kirkland” speaking series, turned down the volume—but not the crowd-pleasing four-letter words—and focused his talk on the pursuit of a fulfilling career. “Your major obligation in life, unless you’re a religious fanatic, is to figure out what you want to do and do it,” Black said. Black said that...
...NAACP, the 80th anniversary of the reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the inauguration of President, and Harvard Law School graduate, Barack Obama is a worthy tribute. We ought to commend Professor Gates for his extraordinary efforts to honor these giants in this way, and I hope this letter brings him some measure of the thanks he rightly deserves...
...Instead, the Pope chose to favor the letter of his philosophy over a smooth p.r. ride. Again. As with the recent controversy when he lifted the excommunication of four ultra-traditionalist bishops, including a Holocaust denier, Benedict plowed ahead with what he believed was the right thing to do, even if it brought a maelstrom of bad press. In this case, Benedict believes that condom use is part of a culture of promiscuity that is breaking down the traditional family, which in turn feeds the kind of behavior that spreads the HIV virus. (See pictures of the global fight against...