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...about whether Paulson and Bernanke did the right thing. What happened when Lewis was asked to take a role which was not reasonably his is that the ethical obligation of refraining from force to pervert another person's duty to his obligations was breached. Lewis may have been the obvious victim but the relationship between the government and private enterprise, which is based on law and not on force, was morally damaged. And that sets an ethical precedent, a deeply flawed precedent that puts ethical behavior in jeopardy of being undermined by convenience...
...like “C’mon (On My Own)” and breakout single “She Loves Everybody” don’t quite fit the modern/retro bill of much of the rest of the album, but rather serve as bookends with more obvious mainstream appeal. Lyrically, they’re playful and intelligent, while musically their sort of the standard fare, though that’s not necessarily a bad thing on an album this diverse. The only real failures on the album are “Bebe Buell?...
...only obvious gang members who have died in the mayhem. More than 50 Jurez cops were murdered in 2008; in February the police chief resigned after the gangs made good on a threat to murder an officer every 48 hours until he stepped down. Among those killed was the director of police operations, assassinated by more than 100 heavy-caliber bullets. The sad reality, however, is that too many of Jurez's police die not in the noble line of duty but because they moonlight for gangs. Last month federal cops arrested a Jurez police captain...
...dean until confirmed as a member of President Barack Obama’s administration last month, was selected by this year’s Class Marshals to address the Law School’s graduating J.D. students on June 3. “It was an obvious choice for us,” said Class Marshal and third year Law School student Bridgette L. Hylton. “She has had such a huge impact on the Law School, and we felt it was a nice way to wrap up our time here.” In some circles, Kagan...
...announcement came yesterday from the office of Frans A. Spaepen—the SEAS interim dean and the sole figure responsible for selecting Brenner—who said that Brenner was an obvious choice for the position because he currently occupies a central role in the College’s applied math program...