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...opportunity for the citizenry to discover the largely unknown Palin—even if that includes her potential unfamiliarity with relevant political topics—not for the McCain campaign to doctor the debate format to hide her weaknesses. Informing the electorate about candidates’ qualifications (or lack thereof) is precisely the reason for such exchanges. Without free-flowing argumentation, debates become little more than 90-minute spectacles of empty rhetoric. Public interest, not the political needs of a given candidate, should determine a debate’s structure. As John McCain would surely argue, in these precious...
When asked Tuesday if Obama would use executive or legislative means - or a combination thereof - to repeal "Don't ask, don't tell," campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor issued a statement saying, "As President, Senator Obama would work in consultation with our military leaders to submit legislation to Congress repealing 'Don't ask, don't tell' and advocate for its passage." The trouble is, while the long legislative process of repealing the law unspools, many gays in the military will almost certainly lose their jobs. Because the military is fighting two wars, commanders discharge only about 600 bisexuals, gays and lesbians...
...some people, such disinvitations, compromises to the tenure process, donor boycotts and threats thereof, legal threats, appeals for state governors to intervene in the peer review and publication process, and one-sided bending of the rules are themselves merely instances of “free speech”—mechanisms in what Dershowitz calls “the marketplace of ideas.” For others, they are bold threats to the process of scholarship, debate, and the free dissemination of information. They also result in the loss of career opportunities to which scholars are rightfully entitled...
It’s sales pitch season here in Cambridge. As our well-heeled alumni, parents, and combinations thereof converge on campus for Commencement week, Harvard is back to pulling out all the stops...
...margins, 14-13, in the Beanpot as well as dropping contests to Penn State and NYU to finish the fall season 4-2. “I think [those wins] certainly gave us some confidence, and [for] the women, having shown some trepidation about the strength or lack thereof of the team, winning those couple of matches, especially those ones against Penn State, served us well going into the Ivy League matches,” head coach Peter Brand said. But the tests rolled in during the spring season with the ever-competitive Ivy League stepping in to slow down...