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...reports that promise an easy solution to a complex problem need to be taken with a degree of skepticism, and Winning the Oil Endgame is no exception. The usual pork-barrel politics could quickly bog down some of the policy prescriptions in the book, like loan guarantees for the development of new energy-saving technologies. But in a sensible presidential election, the recommendations of Winning the Oil Endgame would be discussed and debated from now through November. Don't hold your breath...
Halloween and Harvard-Yale weekend may be more eventful than usual this Fall...
...trust that you have recovered from the usual dignity-nullification--the hospital gowns that part in the back and so on. As a former President, you were doubtless entitled to nurses who knew how to find a vein on the first jab when drawing blood. The rest of us took our chances with new interns, who made random, increasingly berserk needle stabs while we lay there struggling to keep still, thinking that this is like watching a freshman philosophy major trying to slaughter a chicken...
...center” that government texts so assuredly predict in two party presidential systems like our own. The contradiction in this presidential election—Democrats favoring “muscular internationalism” Republicans preaching “Compassion”—reflects not merely the usual slide to the center, but a profound confusion in our country as a whole. Americans are stuck in a Blue State-Red State rut and profess a deep division over just about everything. The past two presidential campaigns were particularly good indicators of this growing polarization. In practice...
...There were definitely more butterflies than usual going back to that field,” Harvey said. “But I thought I couldn’t have asked for a better place to kick off the season in terms of question marks. Getting through the turf and making some hits was a big shot of confidence...