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...Still, there's only so much you can oppose before you become part of the problem, says Norm Ornstein, a congressional scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. And the White House is counting on that fact to try to make the Republicans' refusal to even consider supporting some moderate proposals on tax cuts and deficit commissions a liability in the fall. Last week, a senior Administration official said, "We will not allow the next 10 months to become a referendum on Barack Obama...
...fierce intellectual, an intrepid scholar, a wicked wit and an uncompromising radical, Mary Daly was the first feminist philosopher and theologian. Daly, who died Jan. 3 at 81, taught at Boston College for 33 years, and her outspoken views gave the school's Jesuit administration indigestion nearly every day. An eloquent critic of patriarchal organized religion, she barred men from her feminist-ethics classes--citing how their presence could change the dynamics of discussions--yet was willing to tutor them privately. And though she was the recipient of doctorates in religion and sacred theology, she left the church and confronted...
...democracy - a crime in Vietnam's single-party state. His other crime, according to the Ho Chi Minh City court, included attending a seminar on non-violent political change. Dinh is perhaps the most high-profile individual to ever be tried as a dissident in Vietnam. The former Fulbright scholar who studied law at Tulane University has represented several human rights activists, but he also successfully represented the state itself in a 2003 trade dispute with the U.S. over catfish dumping. Dinh told the court that "during my studies overseas, I was influenced by Western attitudes toward democracy, freedom...
Erich W. Segal ’58, classics scholar and popular writer of works like “Love Story,” died Sunday from a heart attack at his home in London. Segal, who had been battling Parkinson’s disease for over 20 years...
Wolfowitz, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is a former U.S. ambassador to Indonesia