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Monthly Archives: October 2005
Scraping the Barrel
October 15, 2005 – 3:31 pm
With the fur flying over whether Harriet Miers should be appointed to the Supreme Court, it’s easy to miss a related debate: whether good conservatives should even question Bush’s nomination. In the interests of fair and balanced blogging, I now present opposing views, each from prominent conservative bloggers.
CON: Hugh Hewitt argues that we should [...]
Mediocre Miers
October 13, 2005 – 6:24 pm
A friend emailed me a copy of David Brooks’ column today, in which he spotlights some of Harriet Miers inane prose (I would read the column myself, but the New York Times won’t let me):
Of all the words written about Harriet Miers, none are more disturbing than the ones she wrote herself. In the early [...]
Fame
October 13, 2005 – 4:58 pm
Richard John Neuhaus today on fame:
In an informal conversation after the lecture, one of the students asked [Paul] Tillich what it felt like to be famous. “Famous?” he responded. “I’m not famous. My idea of being famous is that I get into a New York taxi and the driver turns around and says, ‘Aren’t [...]
I’m Being Retentive About Retention
October 12, 2005 – 10:16 am
The spokesman at my alma mater gives a figure that doesn’t match my experience:
Pait acknowledges that students sometimes feel as though the school’s
policies “cramp their style.” However, the university maintains an
extremely strong retention rate; sometimes as high as 95 percent.
I think my freshman class had about 1500-2000 members, and I remember about [...]