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...departure was not motivated by politics. “Andy Card came to me and raised the possibility of stepping down as chief of staff,” Bush said at the time. “After five-and-a-half years, he thought it might be time to return to private life.”However, yesterday, Card said his resignation was not simply a matter of personal preference.Card, who was in Cambridge for a dinner at the Institute of Politics, emphasized that he did not want to leave his post at the time. “I miss...
...consumption of drugs or alcohol if the individuals responsible cannot be identified.While Harvard-affiliated groups have always had to register their officers with the College, unaffiliated organizations, such as final clubs, have not been required to do so until this year. All groups have also been asked to return a signed non-hazing agreement by Dec. 15.Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd said she has discussed the registration policy with several unaffiliated organizations, and that she expects them to generally comply. Leaders of several final clubs declined to comment.“We’re leaning towards...
This is not the first time in its history that UBS has turned a blind eye to mass murder. While thousands of European Jews had deposited their savings at the bank in the 1930s, UBS refused to return those assets to victims’ families after World War II. It wasn’t until August 1998 that UBS finally agreed to compensate victims’ families. And even as the bank was negotiating the settlement with Jewish groups, UBS began to shred the World War II-era archives of a subsidiary that had maintained close ties to the Nazi...
...This is far from the truth. Libertarians believe that the fundamental right of humans is a right to freedom and to protection of that freedom by a very limited government. Classical liberals believe they should be able to do what they want with their stuff and in return they’ll leave other people’s stuff alone. The only reason to create government in this laissez-faire world is for minute regulations to protect this liberty...
...decision as unpleasant but unambiguous. “It was awkward, but I had no personal choice but to disagree with him on the Iraq war,” Leach said. “I thought there were way too many counterproductive dimensions.” Rumsfeld did not return phone messages left at his Hoover Institution office.In his time in Congress, Leach also took progressive positions on the environment and on gay rights. He won an award from the Sierra Club in 1999 and an endorsement from the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights advocacy organization, in 2006.Leach...