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...means of securing both continuity and decisive action. The powerful and populous Senate (think the Faculty of Arts and Sciences) would let consuls (think Core Committee) elect a dictator (think successful administrator) with a specific agenda (think Core reform) and a rigid timetable. Paradoxically, in order to preserve the Republic??s freedom, the republican principles of plural collegiality and responsibility needed to be abandoned. By most accounts, the system succeeded in saving the Republic from external invaders and internal rebellions alike. According to legend, Cincinnatus was plowing his field when called to dictatorship, an activity that he blissfully...
...dehumanization of Obama claiming that “he is being [touted] as presidential timber not despite his race, but because of it.” A refutation by Cass R. Sunstein ’75—a former colleague of Obama—in The New Republic??s Open University blog, extensively cites Obama’s credentials as a former University of Chicago Law School professor and a former president of the Harvard Law Review. He cites Obama’s personable character and sheer brilliance as the rallying causes behind McWhorter so-called...
...certainly not an Israeli,” he said.FRICTION IN REMEMBRANCE OF MILLERShortly after the Hillel talk, Kushner joined Robert Brustein—a 78-year-old founding member of the Yale Repertory Theatre and the American Repertory Theatre, as well as a veteran critic for The New Republic??at the Brattle Theater for a contentious discussion of Arthur Miller’s life and work.The two dramatic powerhouses disagreed on Miller’s place among contemporaries and predecessors, such as Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams.Kushner called Miller a “genius...
Kastleman’s semester abroad sparked the change in her academic focus and continues to influence her work. The experimental theater program she attended concentrated on how theater culture integrated with the Czech Republic??s historical, social, and political climates...
...urban warfare that erupted throughout the French Republic?? happened in about 300 neighborhoods, which are mostly suburban. It is an appalling number; this is unquestionable. But how many more neighborhoods did not burn? Thirteen million people live in these suburban projects, which represent 4.5 million apartments or houses. As of Nov. 17, 597 persons have been arrested throughout the whole country. Among those, 108 are under the age of 18. France is not at “war” with its younger population from African origins. It clearly has serious problems of social integration and economic inequality...