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...ashamed at the scenes of Jews opening fire at innocent Arabs.' EHUD OLMERT, Israel's outgoing Prime Minister, comparing violence in the city of Hebron to bygone anti-Semitism in Europe...
Desperate times call for desperate measures. We have seen one million layoffs in the United States this year, many concentrated in specific industries such as automobiles and computer technology. And, although Harvard faces its largest budget shortfall in history, FAS has announced it will avoid having to fire employees in order to cut costs. Instead, department chairs were notified earlier this week that non-union salaries will be frozen and most searches for tenure-track and tenured faculty will be put on hold. While the salary freeze may be unfortunate, it is a fair and logical step given the dire...
What's a little Senate seat bribery between friends? Sure, Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is accused of trying to profit from the sale of President-elect Obama's newly vacant Senate seat. And he may have allegedly tried to force the newly bankrupt Tribune Co. to fire editorial staff members who were critical of him. And it's possible he traded favors for campaign contributions. But this is Illinois; as Robert Grant, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Chicago field office, told the press at the announcement of the indictment, "if it isn't the most corrupt...
...expect of Hollywood villains, not Midwestern governors. He was accused not just with conspiring to solicit bribes but with conspiring to solicit bribes from the next President of the United States. He was accused not merely with planning extortion but with trying to force the Tribune Co. to fire editorial writers in exchange for a tax break worth about $100 million. According to authorities, he even threatened to revoke millions in funding for a Chicago children's hospital if its CEO did not pay his campaign a $50,000 tribute. The full buffet of alleged graft was laid...
...Blagojevich didn't work alone. When the Tribune Co. needed his O.K. to sell Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs, he included in the price tag a demand that Tribune executives fire editorial writers who Blagojevich felt had it in for the governor. During one call, Blagojevich's wife Patti can be heard calling out from the background, "Hold up that f______ Cubs s___ ... F___ them." Though the message was apparently transmitted to corporate representatives, the Chicago Tribune said none of Blagojevich's critics were pressured to leave...