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...Pelosi made clear to me that she considered Hayden, now Deputy Director of National Intelligence, an honorable man who would not overstep his bounds. "I trust him," she said. "I haven't accused him of anything. I was, and remain, concerned that he has the proper authority to do what he is doing." A legitimate concern, but the Democrats are on thin ice here. Some of the wilder donkeys talked about a possible Bush impeachment after the NSA program was revealed...
...there were 208 violations, including 96 considered "significant" by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration. Since ICG bought Sago and reopened it in 2004, there have been 276 violations, including four citations for allowing combustible coal dust and gases to accumulate and 22 for failing to implement a proper ventilation plan. Portions of the mine were shut down 18 times last year because of safety problems, according to Federal mine officials, who plan to investigate the accident...
...furtive donors to unscholarly candidates to unfair methods. This is not to assert the principle that professors should not be activists, but to lament a situation where an entire department falls into the uniformity of a similar worldview. For then students lose out from not being exposed to a proper diversity of perspectives. Columbia has been nicknamed the “Bir-Zeit on the Hudson,” after the Palestinian educational institution. We are content enough with the “Kremlin on the Charles” nickname of yesteryear to prevent us from desiring a new epithet...
...have two books at my bedside, Lieutenant: the Marine Corps Code of Conduct and the King James Bible. The only proper authorities I am aware of are my commanding officer, Colonel Nathan R. Jessep, and the Lord...
...College should focus on further cultivating the promising resource that lies within the ranks of graduate students. But the College is a vast and complex institution. No single advisor, however knowledgeable and well-intentioned, could ever be expected to know the answer to every question students might ask. The proper approach to a sound advising program, therefore, is not to compress all advising responsibilities onto individual advisors. Instead, a multifaceted scheme should be developed in which different areas of advising are handled by those who know them best. An integral component of such a solution is the participation of well...