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Instead, Lelyveld writes a great deal about the strange relationship between his mother, a woman with a doctorate in dramatic writing who felt trapped by her family’s needs, and father, a nationally renowned reform rabbi. Still more of his narrative attempts to reconstruct the life of a man named Ben Goldstein, a significant figure in his childhood. Goldstein is a complex character, so much so that he might merit a work all his own, but he really has no place taking up so much room in what is ostensibly Lelyveld’s story. He may loom...
...immigration reform: "I support the president's proposal [which would create a guest workers program] unlike many of my conservative colleagues and my district probably isn't as enthusiastic as I am. All of my colleagues say we should put the military on the border. The answer would be what military, because our Guard and Reserve, they are in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even if we put 2,000 more border control agents, we have one million people coming...
...passing Social Security reform: "I'm stunned how hard is it move the general public on something as simple as being allowed to invest some of your own money. If we can't get this done, how in the world are we to work on the benefit side in the future...
...into a so-called "lockbox" that would prevent the government from spending the money on other things as it does now. Kingston notes many Republicans also have had this same idea and it would help mobilize public support that would give Congress credibility for a more ambitious Social Security reform in a few years...
...start of the 2004-05 academic year, Kirby announced plans to have curricular review proposals voted on by the Faculty this spring, launching six new committees to narrow the focus of the review on issues such as the January Term and reform of Expository Writing...