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...Sunstein wrote in an e-mailed statement to The Crimson on Saturday. The 57-40 Senate vote fell predictably along partisan lines, with all but five Democrats who were present for the vote and only four Republicans voting in favor of his nomination. Conservatives aired concerns about Sunstein??s public statements as an academic, particularly his comments in favor of granting some legal rights to animals. But the nomination also drew concerns from liberals who criticized Sunstein??s advocacy of a “cost-benefit” approach to environmental legislation. Sens. Mark Begich...
...yearbook, and a national-caliber squash player, having learned to play while at the school.Middlesex classmate Robert E. Harvey recalls that Sunstein “was working so much that he wasn’t hanging out with an awful lot of people all the time.” Sunstein??s closest friend at Middlesex, Craig B. McArdle ’75, recalls the day before their graduation, when he asked Sunstein to play squash with him. He said that while sitting at his typewriter in his magazine-strewn room, Sunstein refused, declaring, “too much...
...Sunstein??s book, “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness,” earned a spot in the “Science and technology” category. Sunstein coauthored his book with University of Chicago economist Richard H. Thaler...
...marriage is Sunstein??s second. In recent years, he dated fellow Chicago faculty member, the philosopher Martha Nussbaum. The two were featured as a “Power Couple” in Harvard alumni magazine 02138 last winter...
...States—to the faculty of Harvard Law School last Wednesday was received with vibrant enthusiasm. Dean of the Faculty of Law Elena Kagan even proclaimed that “If I could add only one person to the faculty, Cass would be that person.” Sunstein??s appointment is truly a boon to the law school and the Harvard community, yet it is only one of the accomplishments Kagan can boast during her tenure as dean. This latest success is an encouraging sign of the degree to which Kagan has thoroughly revitalized...