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...Skocpol said that limited funds constrain the school’s ability to respond to the parents’ proposals...
There’s a larger lesson here, however, than where not to plant trees: Optimism alone will not slow climate change. The Gaia hypothesis, taken to an extreme, implies that humans can sit back and watch the Earth warm, and eventually the earth will respond and restore itself. The view is characteristic of many individuals’ (and nations’) attitudes today. True, the earth will respond, but when it’s finished responding, it won’t look anything like the earth we have now. By now, you’ve probably heard the litany...
...Which may be why it was such a catharsis to see the Rutgers players respond to Imus at their press conference in their own words. "I'm a woman, and I'm someone's child," said Kia Vaughn. "I achieve a lot. And unless they've given this name, a 'ho,' a new definition, then that is not what I am." She stood with her teammates, a row of unbowed, confident women. For a few minutes, anyway, they drew a line we could all agree on and formed a line we could all get behind...
...After that, standard procedure in immunity cases would require the Committee to alert the Justice Dept. of an impending immunity offer. The Justice Dept. would have up to 30 days to respond, although in Goodling's case, experts say it is very unlikely there would be an objection...
Knowles defended his decision to ignore “raw teaching need” by pointing out that “even if the hiring of new faculty could be nimble enough to respond to changing student interests, we are a Faculty, not a factory.” But Harvard students have demonstrated a sustained interest in the social sciences and humanities, and even as the dean promises student-faculty ratios will not get any higher in these in-demand areas, they certainly will not get any lower...