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...Toward the end, Swagger gets a civics lesson from a venal Montana Senator (Ned Beatty): "There's always a confused soul who thinks that one man can make a difference.... That's the problem with democracy." Actually, no. The problem with democracy is thinking that all men can make a difference. One man: that's despotism, or comic-book wish-fulfillment. Or the premise of nearly every Hollywood movie, which says that the system is corrupt, and the little guy can beat it. (Until the next movie, where the system is corrupt...
...point where we really feel a sense of urgency,” said Liliana M. Garces, a second-year doctoral student at GSE and one of nine co-authors of the open letter.In a phone interview, McCartney acknowledged the students’ concerns.“We have a problem. We know it; you know it. And I think it’s important to say, this is a problem in higher education generally,” she said yesterday. According to Academic Dean Robert B. Schwartz, there is not “an adequate pipeline” of African...
...PROBLEM CHILDREN For some Harvard professors, the IRB process remains an enigmatic...
...need approval for its purchase,” he said. Harvard University Police Department Spokesman Steven G. Catalano said that despite CPD’s planned move, the Harvard force has no plans to purchase Taser guns. Critics of Tasers say that the weapons pose a problem not just because of their possible lethality, but also because of their potential for abuse. In November of last year, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) student Mostafa Tabatabainejad was repeatedly shocked by a Taser by campus police in an incident that drew wide condemnation from students, faculty, and the ACLU. Videos...
...North Louisiana populist in the Huey Long tradition, is in the running. But many are pinning their hopes on former U.S. Senator John Breaux, who left office in 2005 to join a powerful Washington, D.C., lobbying firm. Breaux remains a popular, widely known figure, but there's one problem: having changed his permanent address to Maryland, he may be ineligible to run for state office under residency requirements set forth in Louisiana's constitution, a snag Republicans started hammering away at in television attack ads even before Blanco stepped aside...