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...This generation will learn eventually, like every one that came before, that politicians are men as well and, along with political systems comprised of men, are subject to flaws, weaknesses, and limits of their own. Accordingly, we ought not invest all our hope in vehicles inevitably incapable of requiting it. Christopher B. Lacaria ’09, a Crimson editorial writer, is a history concentrator in Kirkland House. His column appears on alternate Mondays...
...Weekend. In her welcome remarks on Friday, Hammonds paralleled her first year as dean with the novel experiences of being a freshman. A primary focus of her address was increasing faculty-student involvement. “Working with an esteemed scholar is the type of learning we ought to be facilitating,” Hammonds said. Within this goal, she also discussed the range of research opportunities and jobs at Harvard that facilitate this kind of interaction. She acknowledged that, although it may be “daunting to locate these laboratory openings,” establishing a centralized database...
...That's where the focus of investors ought to be: not on bailouts or the economic stimulus package du jour, but on the economy itself. All over the world, indicators are flashing red. American consumer confidence and spending have plunged. China's Guangdong province, the boiler room of the global expansion earlier this decade, recently reported its economy in the first nine months of 2008 grew at the slowest pace in 15 years. Most of the G-7 economies have already experienced one quarter of negative growth and will likely experience a recession. Small emerging economies are under serious strain...
...Michael Scherer's article is full of good information and good reporting [Nov. 3]. In the future, perhaps it would be useful to do a companion article on what steps are being taken by states, counties, political campaigns and independent groups to mitigate some of these potential problems. That ought to include information on what a voter can do on the spot when a problem is encountered at a polling place. Are there officials who can be contacted in case of a problem? Are there people from each campaign standing by ready to help? Gail Goldey, Santa...
...create a better improved election administration at a state level or with federal regulations and more federal effort,” Fung said. “We ought to try those things, but another strategy would be grassroots, bottom-up, citizen-based monitoring...