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Harvard Opens Up

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It took 371 years but women are finally on top in public, as well as in private, at Harvard. The University has named respected historian Drew Gilpin Faust, Radcliffe's current head, as its new President.Faust said in welcome remarks:We … [Read more...]

A National Laughingstock

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Last week's Terror Toons debacle has made it to the pages of The Onion:What about all the Cheers shit you used to see around town? Man, that used to freak me out all the time.Quality commentary also in The Village Voice not to mention from … [Read more...]

Local bloggers are the future (?)

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Hat tip to Lori for pointing out Local bloggers are the future on DailyKos today. The key point, per Chris Bowers as cited by Markos: [S]tarting in late 2003 with the introduction of a scoop platform to Dailykos, a process began where … [Read more...]

And, uh, the real fake bombs?

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Pretty pitiful display by the Herald and the Globe today. The scapegoats got almost all of their attention, probably because they didn't answer the idiotic "how do you feel" questions of the press corps -- maybe because they have bad hair: … [Read more...]

A Shout out to the Teachers

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A little poem from Slam-master Taylor Mali to read on your lunch break:What Teachers Make, orObjection Overruled, orIf things don't work out, you can always go to law schoolBy Taylor Maliwww.taylormali.comHe says the problem with teachers … [Read more...]

WSJ Argues MA Health Plan Illegal

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The regressives who run the Wall Street Journal's editorial page offered an interesting argument today that the employer mandates at the heart of the MA and CA health care plans may be illegal.GOP Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mitt … [Read more...]

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