Word: libertarian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...existing system may have been stretched about as far as it will go. That is why ideas like privatization are being discussed seriously for the first time outside libertarian and conservative think tanks. Critics have warned that investors expecting big returns may be sobered by enormous administrative costs and turnover fees. And, of course, there is the question of risk: What happens if the market goes into the tank? "For the public to put retirement funds into the stock market is like taking a trip to Las Vegas," warns the Brookings Institution's Henry Aaron...
...rides on a wave of student and societal sentiment is disturbing. If the ban is for health reasons, then Lewis should only invoke some of the irrefutable scientific facts about smoking. By referring to social sentiment and precedent, Lewis suggests that colleges should acquiesce to these things instead of libertarian sentiment. Yet I had believed (and hoped) that colleges might be somewhat countercultural. A ban on smoking shouldn't become right merely because it is politically palatable; for the same reason, the College shouldn't amend its position on affirmative action in response to Proposition 209's success in California...
Lamentably, libertarian sentiment has given way to aesthetic preference and paternalism. Perhaps the Harvard administration just didn't think that we looked particularly scholarly munching on sandwiches as we crossed the Yard...
...know why Bryan Giles wore a skirt to school. I can't even remember why I did. The point is, there shouldn't have to be a reason. Battling against those who wish to cross-dress is unproductive and senseless. It's fashionable these days to be libertarian about most social issues; there's no reason not to be libertarian about fashion...
...acknowledged, however, that diverse House architectures would make it difficult to implement the proposal and said there is a need to be sensitive to libertarian sentiments on campus...