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People say a lot of things on the campaign trail, but when Texas Governor George W. Bush stood before conservative Iowa crowds in 1999 and talked about the urgency of immigration reform, it was hard not to believe he was speaking from the heart. "Family values do not stop at the Rio Grande," he said back then, and the felicitous phrase became a touchstone of compassionate conservatism for his campaign and his presidency. For Bush, making immigration fair and safe "is a matter of very strong personal commitment," says his spokesman, Tony Snow...
Bush is about to get his last chance to prove that that commitment is real. Immigration reform stands out as the unfulfilled promise of the Bush presidency, and as Congress prepares to debate a compromise bill in the coming weeks, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate say Bush's help is crucial. "We're going to need Republican votes," says Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate majority leader Harry Reid. "And we're going to need the President." But power is sluicing out of the White House, Iraq is draining the Administration's remaining energies, and the President is entering...
...Libya, Michael Porter is becoming a household name. Porter, the Lawrence University professor at the Harvard Business School, just returned from Libya where he is the chief consultant on economic reforms. Porter said that five years ago, the Qaddafis—Libya’s ruling family—contacted him and asked him to help modernize the economy. Despite the Qaddafis’ offer, Porter’s involvement remained minimal until a year and a half ago when he oversaw an initial assessment of the situation. “I don’t do much...
...Next month, we're releasing a thing we did with Al Franken. It's kind of wonderful because you watch this delinquent Saturday Night Live character reform himself and turn into a political dynamo. We filmed him for over a year and a half. It's called Al Franken: God Spoke. How it got that title, I'm not sure. But it hung on and everybody remembers it that...
...asked a question about revising the academic calendar, reacted favorably to the new president’s outlook on the matter.“I thought her response was very encouraging,” Staff said. “She seemed dedicated to opening up the discussion on calendar reform in the very near future and that seemed a very welcome thing.” Tom D. Hadfield ’08, a former candidate for the UC presidency and also a Crimson editor, asked Harvard’s president-elect about the feasibility of free tuition for low-income...