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...Montana senatorial race is on most pundits’ short lists of “toss-up” races. A win here is said to be vital to the Democrats’ battle to reclaim Congress?? upper chamber; so vital, in fact, that by today, the candidates and political parties will have spent close to $20 per voter...
...song is about as sugary-sweet as they come, but in the wake of Congress?? recent decision on legalizing torture and Bush’s signing of a bill making martial law easier to impose, cynical listeners may get a chuckle out of Greenwood’s “the flag still stands for freedom, and they can’t take that away.” Luckily for rock fans, this song is as bland and forgettable as “Sam’s Town...
...culture, politics has become less a means of interaction and more an event in itself. Junkies can watch Chris Matthews’ two-hour pre-game show for each presidential debate as though it were the Super Bowl before booting up the computer to play “Fantasy Congress??; turn on the AM radio and you’re likely hear the same senseless, partisan ranting whether listening to sports-talk or news-talk...
...faze many (if any) people in the room, the agreement shocked me. What about the 43 states that currently have some sort of legislative ban on gay marriage? What about the key battleground states—including Tennessee and Virginia, whose Senate races can tip the balance of Congress??which will likely pass constitutional bans against gay marriage next week? What about Alabama, where 80 percent of voters chose to ban gay marriage through a constitutional amendment this summer...
...director of this year’s conference. Ronald K. Anguas, Jr. ’08 said he had felt “pretty safe” when he spent two weeks in Thailand this summer to co-direct Harvard Model Congress??s four-day conference in Bangkok. “But when I was there, I did notice more headlines about Thaksin—that he was feeling pressure to step down, and there was news of political unrest,” Anguas said. The Harvard Thai Society released a statement yesterday saying...