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There comes a time in every presidential campaign when the political parties attack the media. The high-water mark of that thus far was the Republican Convention. And while our approval ratings may not be as low as Congress's, we're far from beloved either. But I want to tell our readers that no matter the criticism, we strive to get it straight, to get it right. Our job is to tell the truth, as we see it, and if the facts don't match up with the campaign rhetoric or commercials, we tell you. We know what...
...more than music and a crowd and a psychedelics sunrise delivery man, I would not have been disappointed. As it was, I went expecting the world’s greatest music festival and, in the face of these expectations, the festival could only come up short. Even my relatively low expectations—for simple things, like relatively accurate show times—were frustrated when Kanye went onstage over an hour late, due to an unnecessary collection of lights and glamour.Perhaps someday I will be able to attend this generation’s Woodstock. Existing in the space along...
...school’s success. Leslie T. DiTrani, who has children who attend Cambridge public schools, said she felt that Fowler-Finn’s emphasis on scores overlooked ongoing problems, such as the under-usage of neighboring universities’ resources and the ongoing achievement gap among low-income and minority students. In 2007, there was a 30 percent difference in scores between black and white students in English, and a 37 percent difference in Math...
...service as a way to strengthen people’s ties to their government. Rick Stengel, the managing editor of Time magazine, lamented in an article last year in Time that volunteer rates are higher than they have ever been. Why is this a problem? Because it accompanies record low confidence in democracy and the American government. His concern is that “[p]eople see volunteering not as a form of public service but as an antidote to it.” Stengel wants truly national service, run by a bureaucracy within the federal government. The desire...
...lawyer, defeated her closest rival, Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, an ex-general, by a 1.1% margin. Livni won 43.1% of the vote compared with Mofaz's 42%. It was so close that some Mofaz stalwarts are insisting on a recount. Voter turnout in the Kadima primaries was also so low that Israeli newspaper Haaretz noted acidly that 10 times as many Israelis turned out to cast their ballots for the country's version of American Idol as to pick the candidate likely to become the next premier...