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...races, Scott Brown's stunning capture of Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat, a spate of Democratic congressional retirements, the stalling of health care, consistently nerve-wracking economic news and steadily falling national and state presidential poll numbers, finding some political or policy victories to sweep aside the clammy shroud of failure is not going to be easy...
Shallow corporatist principles—devoid of any purpose except accumulation at all costs—have guided Harvard’s investments and continue to direct its handling of the endowment meltdown. Critical economic decisions are made under a shroud of secrecy; high administrators give vague answers to urgent educational questions; powerless directors are told to freeze hiring and salaries; hard-working, lower-wage staff who make Harvard function are laid off in the worst recession in 40 years by an institution that proudly touts its courses in ethics, religion, and morality...
...please if you read this, this may be my last missive. An embracing shroud has seized my limbs--cold in her cruel glory...
...please if you read this, this may be my last missive. An embracing shroud has seized my limbs--cold in her cruel glory...
Mass. House Representative Barnett "Barney" Frank has never been one to shroud his exasperation. (The man compared a woman to an inanimate household object, if you recall.) But it seems like his disinclination for coddling audience members has become a source of inspiration for at least one individual...