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When liberals see poor people voting Republican, we naturally assume that they’re being duped. We act as if all we need to do is educate these sad saps and they’ll switch sides. It doesn’t even occur to us that they are doing exactly what we are doing: they’re voting their moral vision, not their economic interests. Poor people who vote for George W. Bush because he’s going to “stop the murder of all those unborn children” may be wrong...
...lapel pins depicting Kim's visage. In an interview with Fuji Television, influential Japanese lawmaker Shinzo Abe underscored a general sense of foreboding when he urged his nation to dust off contingency plans for a destabilized North Korea. "I think we should consider the possibility that regime change could occur," he said...
...great majority of the state’s residents support the research. Although stem cell research may not produce treatments for many years, the knowledge that we will undoubtedly learn from such a field would make the wait worthwhile. Scientific research is rarely a discipline where new developments occur quickly or easily. Stem cells are no exception, and we should expect many painstaking years of research. The ultimate results of this research, possible cures for diseases ranging from Parkinson’s to diabetes, are well worth the wait...
...wasn’t a surprise, in truth. In the end, it’s what the NCAA had expected when it seeded the field; what fans, reluctantly, knew would probably occur. And here in the upstairs of the Beren Tennis Center, the topic of the post-game interview revolved around the questions most reporters absolutely hate to ask, in any form. As best we could, Pat and I probed—gently—hoping for a few nice, reflective quotes about the definitive end to a very good collegiate season. Really, though, we were hoping for insight into...
...year South Yard study break were fully funded by the council, but only after students, prefects and a few dedicated council representatives submitted repeated grant applications. We hope and expect that the increase in funding to the Prefect Program will encourage more events like these to occur and that the hurdles to obtaining funds will be substantially lower...