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...most anticipated TV premiere of the fall season—a 90-minute special television event that would answer the questions that lie on the tips of all Americans’ tongues. Instead, Senator John McCain is hoping to pull the plug on the first presidential debate in order to work “full-time” on a $700 billion bill to bail out the American economy. Republicans see this as putting “country first”—we see it as a political stunt. The image of McCain valiantly running to the rescue...
...Perhaps, in order to test the tumultuous waters of the world, the average Harvard student just needs a little push. The financial system’s meltdown provides a rude, forceful shove. So maybe Carl was right: In some screwed up way, this is the best thing that can happen...
...scene has the aspect of warfare about it. Nobody looks at each other, though all recognize that they are locked in a high-stakes battle for square inches. Yet a tentative order tempers the chaos: All at once, somebody searching for space covers the bottom third of another poster, obscuring the date and location of the Glassblowing Society’s first meeting. The wounded party shoots an angry glance at the offender. Perhaps the fight will break out into outright poster defacing, silent and malicious, or perhaps the infraction will be allowed to pass...
...scholars William Galston and Elaine Kamarck in a new Third Way paper appropriately titled, "Change You Can Believe in Needs a Government You Can Trust." Galston and Kamarck believe the next wave of activism is going to have to be different from government past - precise, streamlined and accountable. In order to build credibility with a severely skeptical public, it will have to be accompanied by a major government reform effort...
...there has not been any disruption of normal economic activities during the past 20 months. But we'd like this to continue until the election. Please remember that one of the problems with the election process has been that money and muscle power were used in the past; in order to retain control over that, I think the emergency rules will help...