Itis often said that hindsight is 20/20. In many ways that often seems true to me. Having now completed my first year at Dartmouth, as I look back, I see a litany of things that I probably should have done differently.
Thispast week I was flipping through Newsweek when I came to an article discussing the recent National Rifle Association conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
Formuch of the Cold War period the United States often overlooked, and even encouraged, excessive violations of the doctrine of economic liberalism by the Japanese.
Abouta week ago I was listening to "A Call to the Bullpen," an all- baseball talk show on WDCR. One of the major issues that the three hosts were discussing was the fact that attendance at major league baseball games this season has been, shall we say, disappointing.
Whilemany topics of debate on the Dartmouth campus tend to be quite ephemeral, throughout the course of this academic year one issue has remained quite salient.
Thispast weekend my parents were in town for Freshman Parent's Weekend.One of the things I showed them was the variety of interesting sites I had found on the Internet.
I never thought that I would see the daywhen there was something that was nearly as universally unpopular as politics in the United States.
Backin the late 19th century, publishers William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer discovered the value of shocking the public.
Throughout the lifespan of all political institutions there are periodically elections that redefine the institution itself.
A few years ago an alumnus of Yale University named Lee Bass gave his alma mater a gift of $20 million.