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Samantha Power, a professor at the Kennedy School and human rights advocate, has resigned as a top foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama after calling Hillary Clinton a “monster” in an interview with a British newspaper on Friday. Power’s statement, which she made to a reporter for The Scotsman, led to swift condemnation from the Clinton campaign and a disavowal from Obama. Power has since apologized to both campaigns, saying that the remarks were “inexcusable” and “at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration...
...Even in the worst-case scenario—a student voicing cruel judgments—another student standing up to the jeerer would be an invaluable statement of support, as would the likely conclusion of the meeting: a House Committee’s democratic vote to allow Muslim women to use its gym exclusively each week...
...with the new dean.Pilbeam has given no indication that he will conduct any review of the party fund in the final months of his administration. When asked about the party grant system a few days before Hammond’s announcement as Dean, Pilbeam replied in an e-mailed statement: “This has really fallen off my radar.” Sundquist said he has no plans to pursue a review of the party grant system until after Hammonds takes office June 1. In the meantime, UC Representative Sean C. Robinson ’09, plans to introduce...
...That statement, in its context, is revolutionary. First, because it so clearly contradicts the SBC's 2007 position on global warming, which is a fairly blunt statement that climate change hasn't been proven. And secondly, because it has teeth: its 44 signatories include the current SBC president and two of his predecessors (one of whom happens to be Merritt's father, James) and the heads of three well-known Baptist-affiliated colleges and divinity schools. At a telephone news conference Monday, Republican Senator John Warner expressed solidarity and solicited support for his bill to reduce greenhouse gases...
Nonetheless, the position of Evangelicals in general (of whom Southern Baptists represent a sizable piece) has been swinging ever greener. Back in 2006, megapastor Rick Warren signed onto a statement calling for a reduction in CO2 emissions. More recently, old-line Evangelical leaders, such as James Dobson and Gary Bauer, tried to oust Richard Cizik, the head lobbyist of the National Association of Evangelicals, who has fueled attempts to rally conservative Christians to the environmental cause; but Cizik's organization, while never fully supporting his mission, refused to drop him. Cizik is pleased with Merritt's declaration. "That resolution last...