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This is not to say that we should refrain from bashing other schools. Yale sucks and we shouldn't be afraid to say so. But elevating this argument to a serious discussion of "self motivation" is ridiculous, offensive and arrogant...
...what can we think of the Harvard-Radcliffe Alliance for Life? We can only ask that they consider their actions more carefully and that they refrain from using borrowed, sub-standard material for shock tactics...
Take Alexander's biggest idea, captured in his refrain that Americans need to "expect less from Washington and more from ourselves." While it sounds like an apt theme for the '90s, the problem is that Alexander applies it mainly to needy Americans who don't vote Republican. He has a radical plan to phase out the federal safety net over five years, for example, and pass the buck to local charities. Yet Alexander leaves much larger entitlements that go to the better-off Americans, including Medicare and Social Security, untouched...
...plaid remains a paradox. On the one hand, he offers gimmicks. On the other, reality. There's no questioning Alexander's experience, savvy--and calculated caution. If he comes to trust voters enough to utter all that his sound bites hide, citizens may, to use Lamar's refrain, "know what...
...students, our phone bills remind us not to indulge in long-distance pointless conversation, but we get no such encouragement to turn off our lights or refrain from half-hour showers. Since we do not pay our own electric or water bills, we are not aware of when our use escalates or drops...