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...When Morris?s better self - the earnest and morally alert documentarian takes over - the film is very much better. He particularly wants to destroy the notion that the crimes committed at Abu Ghraib were solely the work of a few low ranking ?rotten apples.? In his interviews with them they largely come off as young, ill-educated, and very suggestible - almost as premoral as children - and he is not without a certain human sympathy for them. Their unseen higher-ups wanted intelligence (particularly about Saddam?s whereabouts) and did nothing to discourage any behavior that would degrade...
...horror of some in the Air Force, Gates cited the late John Boyd, who attained the rank of Air Force colonel, as an example young officers should emulate. Gates called him "a brilliant, eccentric and stubborn character" who had to bulldoze his way through the Air Force hierarchy to launch the F-16 fighter, now regarded as perhaps the best value in the skies. Gates lionized Boyd for telling colleagues they could think in traditional Air Force ways that "will get you promoted and get good assignments," or do the right thing "and do something for your country...
...said the policy, as well as the cap on beer advertising, was insufficient. “That exception defies and contravenes the reality on the ground at the college level regarding the beverage of choice and of devastation,” Hacker said. Despite the stated limit, beer companies rank second in advertising expenditures for the NCAA tournament, according to TNS Media Intelligence—a firm that reports advertising data. Though Hacker applauded the presidents’ action, he said he expects a lackluster reaction from the NCAA. “I think they’ll probably take...
...into relatively low-paying public service professions. The school is best known for its education and teacher-preparation programs. The gift is the 12th largest private donation to an institution of higher education in the past 40 years, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Harvard does not rank among the recipients for the 100 largest private donations. Yesterday’s gift also represents a substantial boon for Tufts, which, like Lesley, will funnel the gift into its endowment and use the revenue for a number of programs, including financial aid. The university is also undergoing a capital campaign...
...there is nothing the Democrats would like to do more than portray McCain as a rank hypocrite, someone who has sidled up to George W. Bush and flip-flopped on torture, all for political gain - which is exactly what Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean claimed in March. "It is shameful that George Bush and John McCain lack the courage to ban torture," Dean said in a statement. "And it is reprehensible that McCain changed his position on torture just to win an election...