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...recent string of indictments of Bush Administration officials has only proven what the majority of the country has long been speculating: the current Administration is marred in corruption. However, we are pleasantly surprised that corruption of our leaders has not led to corruption of our judicial system. The recent indictment of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby is further evidence of the soundness of the legal process.Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s top aide, resigned Friday after a federal grand jury indicted him on five charges related to the leaked identity of CIA Agent Valerie...
...still have a long way to go.”TAX TALKEducation is one of many contested issues in a City Council race that pits nine challengers against nine incumbents. As a long-time council member, Sullivan’s campaign focuses on touting a proven track record, but he is also susceptible to criticism that council outsiders do not have to face.While some challengers have lashed out at the current council for excessively burdensome tax policies, Sullivan—who previously chaired the council’s finance committee—maintains that the council has made the city...
...main responsibilities: fighting inflation and fostering orderly growth. The two are sometimes at odds, and every Fed chairman must choose which way to lean. Greenspan, like Paul Volcker before him, is a proven inflation fighter. But Bernanke shows signs of tolerating rising prices. When the economy was threatened with deflation (generally falling prices) a few years ago, "he among all the Fed governors was most vocal about the need to generate inflation," says Alan Wild, a global fixed-income manager for Barings Bank. In November 2002, Bernanke publicly spoke of options, citing Milton Friedman's famous "helicopter drop" of money...
...student center, there will be no impetus for the construction of a real student center across the river. If the last year has taught us anything, it is that student activism, serious or otherwise, can change the minds of College and University planners. Until that’s proven wrong, it makes no sense to downplay and insult what the College is already offering...
...marriage licenses from being given to nonresident couples whose union would be "void" in their home state. Anti-integrationists were plain wrong then; black people had no master plan to destroy the institution of the white family. Who's to say the forces against gay marriage won't be proven Chicken Littles as well...