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This problem is mirrored at the national level. The modern pundit is expected to be able to opine on any development, at any moment, regarding any issue. While some scholars make a career out of studying the details of a particular policy area, the most influential public intellectuals are those that take the broadest view. The same columnists currently writing about health care in The New York Times were writing about the stimulus bill last winter and will continue to write about whatever next occupies the national consciousness...
Most people, of course, do not make their decisions based on extensive research into the area, but rather by following their party or their favorite politicians. Taking a strong position on more than a few issues requires either making a snap judgment based more on ideology than on reasoned analysis or trusting someone else—an expert or a leader—to do the hard work of forming your opinion for you. Necessary as this is, it is sobering to think that our democracy has become too complex for its citizens to handle alone...
...We’re doing all we can to make sure there’s a community for anyone who cares to be a part of it—whether not out, coming out, or walking down the street draped in a giant rainbow flag,” Chan said...
...will make sure we do not lose sight of those very important values,” she said...
...constantly struggling to live up to his position. The decision by director Meryl H. Federman ’11 to use only female actresses for this production appears to be motivated by this original depiction, and it is a choice that defines the play. The production makes no effort to bring any other new aspects to the script, relying solely on its unorthodox casting to make its claims about femininity...