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...That was the nation's first look at what has become a signature of Clinton family politics: When trouble comes, jab the media. Deep as their resentments are of the "vast right-wing conspiracy," as Hillary Clinton dubbed their political foes, the family's opinion of the press is even lower. "All reporters do is observe and criticize," Clinton biographer John F. Harris wrote, summarizing their views. "They don't do anything." Political enemies at least stand for something. As polls routinely show, much of the American public shares this low regard, which makes the media an ideal enemy...
...paper. If he takes the oath of office in January, he’ll drown U.S. businesses in regulations and they’ll be less competitive in the world economy. Sure, he’s inspiring. But our troubled economy can’t afford the left-wing policies beneath the veneer. Senator Obama claims to be a fresh face in the political arena, but rip away the glamour and the glitz, and you’ll find he’s nothing more than a big-government liberal. Brian J. Bolduc ‘10, a Crimson editorial...
...Harvard is at the forefront of recognizing cultural diversity.” More than 300 students performed in the two shows, with about 2,000 audience members throughout the day. “Although there are statistics about how diverse Harvard is, when I stand in the wing and look out into the audience, it becomes very vivid,” said Amanda R. Mangaser ’10, who co-directed the first show. During Show I, University President Drew G. Faust presented Hancock with an Artist of the Year plaque, saying, “In my view, this...
...does. On Sunday, in a piece of vintage Chavez theater, he ordered thousands of troops and tanks to the border with Colombia after that country's military had ventured a mile into Ecuador on Saturday to kill Raul Reyes, a top commander of Colombia's FARC guerrillas. The left-wing Chavez called conservative Colombian President Alvaro Uribe a "criminal" and a "lapdog of the U.S. empire," warning ominously that "this could be the start of a war in South America...
...more bad international publicity right now. Uribe's domestic approval ratings may be higher than the Colombian sierras, but he can't secure a free trade agreement with the U.S., for example, because Congress is too wary of his government's alleged ties to Colombia's bloodthirsty right-wing paramilitary armies and because of human rights abuses by the Colombian military. Nor is he getting global kudos for sending his troops over a neighbor's border on Saturday in an operation denounced by Ecuador's leftist President and Chavez ally Rafael Correa as a brazen violation of sovereignty...