Tuesday, April 24, 2007

The High Cost of Loving Dartmouth

This is a moment when one wishes one were an alumnus of Dartmouth, so that one could vote for Steve Smith.

TDR Interviews Stephen Smith ‘88:

‘The College assumes that Dartmouth alumni are stupid, and that Dartmouth alumni, when buried in a barrage of last minute statistics suggesting that everything is OK, will cower in fear and say, “Well, jeez, Smith must be lying.”’

Interview: State Senator Clegg

Republican New Hampshire State Senator Bob Clegg represents the towns of Auburn, Hudson, and Londonderry. He was recently reelected to his third term in the New Hampshire State Senate. Sen. Clegg is a former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, where he served for four terms. In 2000, he was named Legislator of the Year by the National Republican Legislators Association.

The Lure of Spring Term Sports

I’m getting ahead of myself. If I could impart anything to you, reader, it would be this: please hang out. Support the pea-greens this spring. Stop talking about what you did last night on the mating ground known as first-floor Berry, and view a sporting event. It is good for you.

Notes of a Curmudgeon in Clover

I have a confession to make, Mr. Iacocca: I like Japanese cars; my first car was a Honda Accord. This might make me a bad citizen and a traitor to American automakers, which Lee Iacocca, the former president of Ford, retired CEO of Chrysler, and, most recently, author of a self-help manual/memoir/stump speech thinly veiled as the book Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, describes as “the engine that drove our economy and world.”

This Blog Article Does Not Exist

Why is blogging only catching on now? Blogs have their own subtler barrier to entry: technological know-how. This is also quickly disappearing, however. New user-friendly blogging templates have made it possible for even illiterate morons to promulgate their opinions online (and they often do).

Rugby Battles Harvard for Ivy Title

Down three with time running down, Dartmouth was still within striking distance of the lead. As the men in green desperately probed the Crimson defense with kicks and crashing runs, the action become increasingly tense...

Enter the Green Bummer

The Green Bummer was a synecdoche, a part—the campus police—that referred to the whole, which was what you might call Official Dartmouth.

Abortion, and Actuality

Abortion is one of the most contentious issues of the day. In fact, everyone is against abortion, wishes it would never happen. But it’s not enough to be against abortion. It’s necessary to understand why a very large demand EXISTS today for its continued availability.

Pensees for Peace and Progress

Why don’t people more often just stop and think? I mean really think. The military-industrio-media machine is a hard nut to rage against but, if not us, who? If not now, when? To get the ball rolling, here are some subversive thoughts.

Barrett’s Mixology

Brauzer
Four parts Miller Lite.
One part vodka.

Stir well in mug.
Add dust and bugs to taste.

The Last Word

Why should I waste my imagination on myself?
—Sergei Diaghilev