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...There’s always been a problem with respect to representation of women and minorities in science and engineering,” Tsapogas said...
Because an uninformed public—or worse, a misinformed one—leads to a less than ideal voting public and because this public has the responsibility to elect a governing body, there is a strong argument to fix the problem of unreliable media...
...leave us no option but to start wearing hard hats just to do homework. No, University Hall will be equally guilty, having set up a veritable obstacle course to intercourse here on campus. Let’s briefly consider just a few facets of this wretched regime. Our first problem is with the arbitrary tradition of housing freshmen in the Yard. Wouldn’t it be way easier for us to hook up with them if they lived in the Houses? Furthermore, it’s obviously crazy for the school to quarantine a quarter of the students, especially...
...Ford wasn't above appealing to lower instincts himself. His campaign had no problem deploying the vague rhetoric of family, in hopes of demonstrating that a Democrat could be staunch in discriminating against gays. Ultimately Ford's hope was to build a rainbow coalition, one that would unite rednecks and the ghetto in mutual homophobia. If I lived in Tennessee, I couldn't have voted for either Ford or his opponent, Bob Corker. That doesn't make the style of Ford's defeat any less disappointing. But at least it makes it poetic...
...think the U.S. has a problem with activist judges, take a look at India - this country's judiciary is among the most opinionated and interventionist in the world. The Indian Supreme Court regularly wades into national debates; nudges lawmakers by making its opinions and, therefore, its possible future rulings, known; and criticizes government policies. The judges' contribution certainly adds a wonderful air of rowdiness to the public discourse of the world's biggest democracy, but it can sometimes seem that the Supreme Court, as much as the government, runs the country...