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...president has chosen America’s iconic Catholic university, Notre Dame, for his inaugural commencement rostrum. Such a move, indeed, may seem fitting for the president??s political calculus. Both Indiana and Catholics swung from George W. Bush’s column in 2004 to support him last November, and this speech will no doubt continue the president??s much-ballyhooed outreach to “faith-based” voters. From the perspective of the White House, the setting in South Bend is impeccable...
...front page photograph in The Boston Globe, March 10, shows members of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute eating, among other things, chocolate eggs, as they celebrate the president??s decision. Decades from now, after billions are spent, stem cell researchers will still be touting cures that lie just over the horizon...
...first of her generous two "office hour"-s of the semester from 4-5 this afternoon in Mass. Hall. If you were not aware of this opportunity, don’t feel bad--you’re in good company. The office hour was really only publicized on the President??s Web site and drew less of a crowd than FlyBy (and probably the administration) expected...
...Obama’s memo will encourage the spirit of free debate and may help lead to the greater dissemination of apolitical findings. But, more importantly, it promises that policymakers will accept and grapple with scientific evidence, not ignore or censor it when it clashes with the president??s policies. Obama has already made good on this promise by issuing a memorandum that will restore a provision of the Endangered Species Act that requires federal agencies to consult the Fish and Wildlife Service before taking action on endangered species. Hopefully, the stem cell decision will be seen...
...quality of education American children receive today. President Obama’s proposals represent a courageous effort to put the needs of the next generation ahead of the demands of a special-interest group. We hope that Congress will share his enthusiasm for reform and back the president??s commendable proposals. Though teachers’ unions may sulk, the Obama education plan has the potential to erase the culture of complacency that pervades too many of our schools. For that, it deserves a gold star...