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...divestment, these activists confuse and contort politics. The obligation—to sign a petition and forget about it—so insignificant and so menial, provides only a delusion of altruism; the radical expectations—that the just policy can be surgically and indirectly effected by economic manipulation??only sets us up for disappointment and disillusionment.Politics should be the preserve of reason, where arguments about the common good and the individual good are entertained, disputed, and resolved. It should not have to shudder at the specter of busybody protestors and petition-signing extortionists. Moral indignation...
...wrote for The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The Seattle Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The Miami Herald. Their investigations ranged from an expose of “the tactics of unscrupulous debt collection firms” in Massachusetts to “unethical manipulation?? of stock options by Wall Street executives, according to a statement from the center. Three of the stories that made last year’s final round covered high-profile national issues such as the National Security Agency’s wiretaps, the revelation of secret CIA prisons...
Dillon Professor of International Affairs Lisa L. Martin said the Faculty felt “embarrassment” at the handling of the dean’s departure in light of “leaks and manipulation?? in news accounts of the resignation. But in contrast to his handling of the fallout from his remarks last year, Summers disputes the validity of the new accusations, calling the reports of Kirby’s forced resignation “mischaracterizations...
...broader crisis of trust, governance, and leadership of which this episode and its manipulative handling so far are but one instance.” Skocpol enumerated several broad grievances against Summers’ leadership style, saying that he had used “fear and manipulation?? against Harvard staff and that his handling of professors violated “elementary norms of academic freedom...
Like any addiction, though, CNBC leaves carnage in its wake. Just as a chemical addiction can wreak havoc upon the body, my drug of choice has overtaken my life, carving out a path of missed deadlines, assignments undone and obsessive schedule manipulation??no section, problem set or Crimson editorial board meeting can come between me and “Kudlow and Cramer,” the financial news talk show hosted by über-preppy ex-banker Larry Kudlow and über-smart ex-Crimson president James J. Cramer ’77. I frequently...