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...President Barack Obama and his administration have thus far been hands-off because they recognize that climate change doesn’t have a lot of traction in the midst of an economic downturn. Following the election, it ranked last in a survey of the American people??s top 20 policy priorities. The EPA stick that the White House now proposes to wield allows it to both distance itself from the political fallout from the legislative process while maintaining the impetus on climate change and pressure for an eventual legislative resolution...
...what is most startling is the strength of the predominant, so-called “Big Three” sports, and their compatibility with one another; baseball, the oldest organized sport in the nation, may be the national pastime, yet it cannot claim to hold a monopoly on the people??s affections—the appeal of football and basketball offer their own substantial challenges. The dominant notion of playoffs and tournament structures in American sport is equally befuddling. Watching the major sporting events in my freshman year with a greater-than-usual sense of confusion, I couldn?...
...Mia’s been playing really well,” Rhoads said. “I’ve been expecting this kind of tournament from her any time now. She putted beautifully on greens that provided a lot of challenge for most people??and her long game was really solid as well.” Senior Emily Balmert tied for seventh with a two-birdie 75 and an 80 the next day. She chalked up the jump on her scorecard to the randomness inherent in the sport. “With golf, what?...
...really interesting to be Stephen Dedalus in ‘Ulysses,’ but you wouldn’t actually want to be him. But to be in that world would be quite fascinating.LD: I think the greatest novels make you all too conscious of people??s limitations and wounds. You know, I think the greatest novel in English is George Eliot’s ‘Middlemarch.’ It’s just a fantastic book, but it’s also quite a tragic book. Characters who are very intelligent and have...
...Fair, The Economist, and New York Magazine for their ability to do so. “When I looked at a recent Vanity Fair cover, I could almost feel the fabric that was draped over the woman’s shoulders,” he said. Schenk also addressed people??s perception of Rolling Stone. “Some people think that we’re a music magazine, but we’re not,” he said. “We’re the voice of change, and that’s what...