In Praise of Moderates
By Dan Pollock | May 30, 2001The rumors swirled through the marble stairwells of the Senate and the ornate gardens of the Capitol.
The rumors swirled through the marble stairwells of the Senate and the ornate gardens of the Capitol.
The decision to permanently derecognize the Zeta Psi fraternity was disproportionate to the administration's punishment of acts committed by other Greek and non-Greek organizations.
No, I'm not kidding. On May 9th Dartmouth students will have an opportunity to tell the administration that we will no longer acquiesce to phony elections of a Student Body President who has no true institutional voice in the management of the school.
Our new President is incredibly adept at making self-fulfilling prophecies. First, there were his negative comments about the economy for over a year during the presidential campaign, which may have actually helped to slow down the economy.
It doesn't always happen, but yesterday's snow proved that our friendly weatherman's (or woman's) prediction was correct.
Sequels are rarely as successful as the originals, although apparently Washington doesn't think so.
Was Bill Clinton a good President? - Yes
Move aside John Ashcroft. Last Sunday, Linda Chavez, a syndicated columnist chosen to be Bush's Secretary of Labor, acquired the unfortunate distinction of being the president-elect's most controversial cabinet designee.
Does this scenario sound familiar? A young, inexperienced president is elected to office with a slim electoral majority and faces grave doubts about his abilities from leaders both at home and abroad.
Very little political news has been able to wedge itself past the partisan rancor over the Presidency.