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...Speaking at Xavier University in New Orleans last week, McCain blasted the local, state, and federal governments for their response to Katrina. The senator who had warned about “premature judgments” apparently decided that less than three years is enough time to emphatically pass judgment. McCain claimed at Xavier, “We know we didn’t have the right kind of leadership” and went on to criticize President Bush’s personal actions following the disaster. Whereas in his role as a senior senator McCain had been reconciliatory and slow...
...Global Competitiveness Report, published by the World Economic Forum, states that the top three obstacles to doing business in the United States are high tax rates, stringent tax regulations, and government bureaucracy. Even France does (relatively) better in these areas, according to local businessmen who responded to the survey. The clear conclusion is this: The American government has only been impeded by a tax code too Byzantine and a collection process too demanding for efficiency or global viability...
...imagining I don’t even know what.”But once they crossed the starting line, the runners’ fears vanished. “I was feeling good,” Kelly says. “First few miles, you’re just cruising. Local people are out. The town comes alive. It’s fun.”By the middle of the race, however, while their nerves were nullified, many of the runners were beginning to really feel the physical burn. “Awful” was the one word Eagan...
Even as he came up short, DeBergalis made his mark on the local political scene: his loss ignited a debate over Cambridge’s electoral system, which some criticized for favoring incumbents. His fresh campaign style also brought new attention to the oft-ignored college student demographic. Glenn S. Koocher ’71, a veteran political analyst who was once a Crimson writer, said during the subsequent election that he didn’t “see anyone out there running that kind of a grassroots campaign, mobilizing voters as DeBergalis had done...
...DeBergalis would endorse reformist candidates for city council; and though he had left the local political scene by 2007, he hadn’t lost his interest, showing up at the Cambridge Senior Center on election night to watch the counting of the votes, and expressing support for urban planner Sam Seidel when he won a seat on the council...