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University politics can be quite the minefield to tread, and we regret that Skocpol’s personal attributes and managerial style fell out of favor with her colleagues. With her resignation, we have lost a driven leader whose vision for the pedagogical improvement of Harvard will be sorely missed. But her resignation also reflects lessons to be learned. Like it or not, University politics clearly demands that administrators not only have vision and drive, but also the ability to accomplish their goals diplomatically...
...Monday Maryland became only the second state after Virginia to officially seek atonement for slavery. The state's House of Delegates approved a measure, already passed by the senate and not requiring the governor's signature, expressing "profound regret for the role that Maryland played in instituting and maintaining slavery and for the discrimination that was slavery's legacy...
...While the apology for slavery has been grabbing all the headlines, it's the regret for the legacy of slavery that really matters...
...Legislators in a handful of states including Missouri and Georgia are considering their own expressions of regret for slavery, and Rep. Stephen I. Cohen, a white Tennessean, just introduced a resolution for a national apology in the U.S. House that reads, in part, "African-Americans continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow - long after both systems were formally abolished - through enormous damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including the loss of human dignity and liberty, the frustration of careers and professional lives, and the long-term loss of income and opportunity...
...still active ... I have been working for 63 years. For a country with a retirement age of 60, that's not bad, huh? My only regret is that for various reasons I can't travel much anymore. New York is the best stimulant there is. I haven't been for four years. I'm in withdrawal...