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...large-scale theft—the Dean of the College can bring the matter before the Faculty, according to Secretary of the Ad Board John “Jay” Ellison. Former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 said that dismissal cases tend to be regarding “the sort of thing for which you could do serious jail time.” Ellison declined to comment on the details of yesterday’s case. That portion of the meeting took place “in camera,” meaning that...
...college and pursue careers. "She wasn't particularly interested in children or in getting married," Box says. Although Stanley was accepted early by the University of Chicago, her father wouldn't let her go. She was too young to be off on her own, he said, unaware, as fathers tend to be, of what could happen when she lived in his house. (Read "Obama's Half Brother Makes a Name for Himself in China...
...immigration wouldn't necessarily be enough to shore up Hispanic support for the GOP. Republicans of McCain's stripe believe the social conservatism of many Hispanics makes them natural Republicans, so long as the party does not offend them on immigration. This view oversimplifies Hispanics' political decisions: they tend to favor the Democrats on economic issues. Without domestic policies that are attractive to working-class Americans of all ethnicities, the GOP is unlikely to win lasting majorities among Hispanic voters...
...though, “Californication” takes place in the well-to-do suburbs of Los Angeles, a part of the country in which family dysfunction has almost invariably been depicted to be the unfortunate yet tolerable by-product of a desirably moneyed and beautiful life. Historically, viewers tend to excuse this and other kinds of objectionable behavior in television when presented with it as either part of a drama (polygamy, “Big Love”) or with a strong emphasis on the aforementioned glamour (general irresponsibility, “Entourage”). It is of note...
...This is a chronic disease among Democrats, who tend to talk more about what's wrong with America than what's right. When Ronald Reagan touted "Morning in America" in the 1980s, Dick Gephardt famously countered that it was near midnight "and getting darker all the time." This is ironic and weirdly self-defeating, since the liberal message of national improvement is profoundly more optimistic, and patriotic, than the innate conservative pessimism about the perfectibility of human nature. Obama's hopemongering is about as American as a message can get - although, in the end, it is mostly about our ability...