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...based ideas.” Wearing a gray suit and red tie, the bespectacled Matory rested his right arm on an empty chair while listening to the initial objections of his colleagues. “Professor Matory desires a situation in which he may say whatever he wishes, no matter how outrageous or inflammatory,” government professor Eric Nelson said. Computer science professor Michael O. Rabin said he did not believe the proposal enhanced the Faculty’s existing free speech guidelines and moved to table Matory’s motion. “I think...
...intense emotions on both sides of the immigration debate have obscured the pragmatics of the situation—the matter at hand is finding a solution to the problem of illegal immigration. Those who deal with the realities of immigration on a day-to-day basis, like governors of the border states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California should be the model for how we approach the issue. It’s no coincidence that they all oppose the border wall, and yet two are Democrats and two Republicans. Despite dissimilar political ideologies, they all understand that a wall...
...assessed the smallest penalty that USADA’s rules allowed (half the normal two-year suspension) because USADA found that I had ‘no significant fault or negligence’ in this matter,” Scherf wrote in an e-mailed statement yesterday. “There was never any dispute of the facts in this matter. Only the appropriate penalty was in question...
...outgoing Atlanta Braves general manager John Schuerholz told a radio interviewer: "I think it's obnoxious. I admire and respect Alex Rodriguez as much as any ballplayer that has played the game. But for someone to suggest that this is a valid salary level for a professional athlete, no matter what kind of voodoo economics they can do in analyzing the books of MLB, it's absolutely asinine. It only takes one team to have the wherewithal with that player, and then that player and his representatives think 'Well, this is what the market value is.' It's crazy...
...Tuesday afternoon. "The evidence presented by Sheriff's investigators was that the fire was caused by the 10-year-old boy playing with matches and accidentally igniting the brush. There is no evidence of intent on the part of the minor. The District Attorney's Office is referring the matter to the Department of Children and Family Services for evaluation of the minor's situation to determine if other intervention is necessary...