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Which is too bad, since the case she makes does have merit. Burkett argues persuasively--though she won't convince everyone--that childless taxpayers should not be required to subsidize middle-class parents and children through a raft of recently legislated tax breaks, like $500-a-child credits. And, yes, companies that provide an array of family-friendly benefits (from child-care reimbursement to company scholarships) aimed solely at employees with children should revise their offerings to include all workers. It is similarly unjust to provide opportunities for leaves of absence, flextime and telecommuting exclusively on the basis of parental...
Dubbed "Big Government vs. Big Tobacco: Do the government lawsuits have merit?," the debate featured Cogan Professor of Law W. "Kip" Viscusi '71, who has testified for tobacco companies, and Professor of Law Einer R. Elhague '83, who has advised Janet Reno on the Justice Department's lawsuit...
Pretty-boy actor DiCaprio is a good-looking kid who can't act and makes forgettable films. He doesn't merit the coverage you gave him. Who cares about his grocery-store receipt? This is tabloid material. I expect better stories from TIME. Go back to the original premise you were founded on and cover the real news and events that shape our world. STEPHEN M. ROSENBERG Littleton, Colo...
...Setting virtual poetry aside, the real merit of last Thursday's event was that, as promised, the poetry was live. With Crawford and The Harvard Advocate's Caroline Whitbeck '01 as tag-team emcees, "Live Anthology" had a cooperative and spontaneous feel to it from the beginning. On the whole, the first six poets, representing each of the schools, read with confidence that paved the way for the open mic-ers who would follow them. Sara Medinger, a Boston University student, captivated the audience with the hyper-realism of her prose about the "intimate dance of hands" between a couple...
...politics, it's not unusual for college students to become involved in presidential campaigns with a youthful passion that brings others' apathy into striking relief. In the crowds at election night parties, one finds rosy-cheeked co-eds and would-be politicos cheering for candidates who could not possibly merit such unflagging devotion. And the most curious thing of all: whether election night means concession or celebration, indeed whether their candidate is a winner or a bumbler, a reliable crowd of rowdy students is always there...