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...Soph, Midler passes along some folk wisdom for the business that we call show: "Find your light. They can't love you if they don't see you." Bette has been radiating that light for nearly four decades; you'd think she'd be worn out by now. But The Showgirl Must Go On displays the sexy sexagenarian at the top of her form. There's simply no one who can match Midler as a full-service mesmerizer - all-singing, all-talking, all heart and soul. Here's a sure thing for high rollers: Go to Vegas...
...Klein seems to confuse knowledge with wisdom. Glibly reeling off a bunch of wonky statistics and programs - as Hillary Clinton is wont to do - may make for good sound bites and debate repartee, but it signifies neither a mastery of substance nor good judgment. Clinton's judgment has proved wanting in her disastrous vote to authorize war in Iraq, her failure to pass health-care reform when she and Bill had the chance and many other important issues. I'm old enough to remember a similar style-vs.-substance debate about President John F. Kennedy. His enduring positive influence proves...
...fresh views that both Ferguson and Yu will bring to their positions. “Our Overseers together contribute an extraordinary breadth of perspective and experience to the work of the University, and both Roger Ferguson and Pauline Yu carry out their board responsibilities with a remarkable measure of wisdom and devotion,” Faust said. “I look forward to working with them closely, and benefiting further from their excellent counsel, during their time as senior officers of the board...
Conventional wisdom tells us that the absence of Will & Grace—or Will & Will—from this presidential election is a good sign for gays and lesbians. During the 2000 and 2004 campaigns, the Republican Party used gay and lesbian issues to stir up their base. They used the breakdown of the traditional family as a rallying point around which millions of voters were mobilized. Timothy P. McCarthy ’93, a lecturer on History and Literature and Public Policy and a member of Barack Obama’s National LGBT Leadership Task Force, put it best...
Instead of being a story about McCain screwing the proverbial pooch, though, much of the article’s same-day fallout seems to have been directed at its publisher. In its infinite wisdom the Times ran the piece bookended with the nebulous claims that the candidate had had an affair with a lobbyist; both supposed parties denied these claims, though. What’s more, these allegations were the only new information in the story...