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...Purcell finally found his niche in the Legal Aid Society, which supports traditionally underrepresented groups in the Nashville area. When he joined the organization, he found that the most help was needed in the program that assisted children in reform schools...
...Condorcet voting.” While necessary, this section represents the weakest point of “Gaming the Vote.”Nonetheless, “Gaming the Vote” is a book with enormous relevance to the modern age. Poundstone formulates a powerful case for voting reform, and his argument should not fall on deaf ears. Plurality voting may have succeeded in this presidential election, but it could easily fail in the next. And placing the choice of our leaders in the hands of a failed system is a mistake that no informed citizen should make...
...Alliance had planned the meeting in October to inform Cantabrigians about changes in its service, including the closing of the clinic. Soon afterward, CHA learned that it would be losing $55 million in state funding for the current fiscal year due to state budget cuts and statewide health care reform...
...agenda will fare in coming months will be whether Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid can control their respective members. Liberals want Obama to pursue tax hikes on the rich and tax cuts for everyone else as soon as possible; centrist Southern Blue Dogs want him to tackle entitlement reform. Resolving the competing agendas will be tricky...
...arrangement for him to take over as head of the Christian Coalition, the political machine founded by Pat Robertson, imploded as it became clear that Hunter intended to steer it into more moderate waters. He has since made a name (and Fundamentalist foes) combating global warming, championing comprehensive immigration reform and extolling a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. Less ambiguously than any other leader (including Purpose-Driven Life author Rick Warren, who hedges more bets), Hunter is the avatar of the New Evangelicalism, which is increasingly contesting the priorities of classic religious-right figures like James Dobson...