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That his supporters—after two hours of heart-wrenching and somber speeches??€”burst into partisan chants is neither surprising nor unfortunate. It is simply an earnest reflection of the gravity of our current circumstances: the competitive and critical upcoming election coupled with the startling absence of leadership approaching Wellstone’s moral caliber. In a crowd of 20,000 mourners, it is unreasonable to expect that thoughts would not drift towards the political struggles to come...
...attending rallies, mainstream Americans show policy-makers the true depth of public concern for an is sue. The article on the Washington rally in Sunday’s New York Times does not mention the scattered corny chant lyrics, conspiracy theorists, star speakers, or the speeches??€™ content. Instead, it focuses on the number of attendees. Clearly, here, the most important function of a public assembly is to prove that countable masses of people back a given cause. Thus, it is vital that those of us who oppose a high-cost invasion of Iraq, who are concerned about more...
Gardiner’s address is one of three student speeches??€”one of which has drawn considerably more attention...
Summers also mentioned what is becoming an increasingly prevalent theme in his speeches??€”his vision for Boston as a new Silicon Valley for biomedical research. Summers said he sees Harvard as the driving force behind this development, mirroring the role Stanford played in the California boom...