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...outcome of last month??s vote on Massachusetts’ ballot initiatives has important ramifications for the future of direct democracy. Ballot initiatives represent one of the few undeniable examples of a vibrant, powerful direct democratic force in our nation. The president may be chosen by an unelected nine-person court, our candidates for senator or governor may be uninspiring lowest-common-denominator centrists, but at least we, the people, have an unimpeded say on what happens in our communities on such issues as bilingual education and medicinal marijuana...
China’s transition to capitalism was just confirmed by this month??s 16th Communist Party Congress in Beijing, which included Chinese leader Jiang Zemin’s amusing sophistry on the subject of letting capitalists join the Party. But Harvard is just beginning to break with academic orthodoxy, which has a view toward capitalism similar to Marxist orthodoxy. The University has started to embrace making money off of academic research...
...evil abroad, this MBA president has spent most of the past months playing Fundraiser-in-Chief—and filling that role in an unprecedented manner—mercilessly campaigning to ensure absolute rule of his Party’s agenda. Republicans outspent Democrats three to one on this month??s election...
...They still haven’t paid me for my second month??and in addition to that, they’re paying me the wrong salary,” said Bosworth, who said his weekly checks are calculated at too low a wage. “The problem is I don’t know where the problem is...Everyone says it’s not their problem...
Professor of Sociology Christopher Winship, chair of the standing committee on public service, led this discussion, which he had initiated at last month??s Faculty meeting...