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...other hand, candidates with steadfast principles from which they are never willing to stray can be considered ideologues. Typified by Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas), this candidate places his or her abstract beliefs above any pragmatic concerns. In the case of Paul, he has such a profound distaste for the federal government and its role in our lives and in the lives of others around the world that he supports withdrawal from the United Nations and NATO, wants to eliminate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Education, Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, the Interstate Commerce...
...dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study—the what?—the Harvard Corporation and Board of Overseers have jeopardized our collective future.There is, however, an alternative, whose viability has become blissfully clear in the past week. Blessed with insight, experience, and a steadfast commitment to efficiency and democratic governance, Harvard’s administrative messiah comes replete with the self-confidence of Lawrence H. Summers, the verbosity of Derek C. Bok, and the grace-under-fire of Nathan M. Pusey ’28.Drew G. Faust should use this afternoon’s installation ceremony...
...unsettling to read your cover story declaring that the Democratic Party "ignored the faithful for decades" [July 23]. As a liberal Christian and an ordained minister, since when do I not fit the label of "the faithful"? The Democratic Party has been steadfast in support of the poor, minorities and social justice in our nation for many decades. Those who take seriously their faith in God are intimately involved with these issues. "The faithful" is not synonymous with "Fundamentalists." You do the rest of us an injustice by implying as much...
...Wheaton College in Illinois, she fell in love with Graham. As her Southern Baptist husband's most trusted adviser, Ruth charmed world leaders and celebrities, grounded Billy when politics tempted him (once kicking him under the table after Lyndon Johnson asked his advice on a running mate), remained a steadfast Presbyterian despite pressure from Billy's powerful friends and wrote more than a dozen books...
...Slightly cross-eyed and patently uncharismatic, Chaudhry stumbled into his present stature through a steadfast desire to do what was right. On March 9, Musharraf, backed by his generals and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, asked Chaudhry to resign. A video frame of that meeting, broadcast by the government on national TV, was meant to show the nation that even the Chief Justice was not above the law. Instead it unleashed outrage against the military. "That frame, of the Chief Justice sitting in front of the general, did for Pakistan what the Tiananmen Square photo of the boy standing before...