Monday, May 14, 2007

Finding the Words—Plenty Already

One cannot help but wonder if Freedman took anything at all away from these classics of the Western Canon, other than a few good quotes to be dumped on the appropriate occasions to impress the right people. In many ways, then, the students at Dartmouth are following Freedman’s legacy; just a few years ago, a student, speaking at Commencement, mentioned the Greek poet Catullus.

Dartmouth, the Most Ethical of All

Congratulations to the Dartmouth Ethics Society (DES) for placing first in the National Intercollegiate Business Ethics Competition.

'Social Events Management Procedures' An Evaluation

Before the SEMP reforms in 2005, policy oscillated between “no kegs allowed” and “kegs will not be regulated.” The current situation is therefore something of a compromise. The College will never budge on walk-throughs (and why would they?), but allowing more than one source of beer at a party is a modest, reasonable goal.

TDR Interview: Michael Kimmelman

Kimmelman’s least favorite of these ‘entertainment centers’ is the J. Paul Getty Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California. Condescendingly describing it as an “amusement park,” Kimmelman sets the enormous sums of money the museum spent on entertainment—from the two-story dining hall to the elaborate monorail that transports visitors from the parking lot to the museum site—against the comparatively trivial amounts it was unwilling to spend on priceless works of art.

Bull and Lemon Sessions

I think Dickerson did something like pull his pipe from his mouth with a wry grin and gently say something like “Why indeed? It was your decision to come here. What do you want to get from this place?”

Why Bush Failed

By Jeffrey Hart

We are witnessing the comprehensive failure of an American president. Recently William Buckley said that Bush has been “engulfed” by Iraq and that if he were a European prime minister he would resign. Buckley has also said that Vietnam destroyed the Cold War liberals and led to Republican control of politics for a generation.

An Open Letter to a Fratboy

Dear Fratboy,

Yeah, you’re so dear to me. Yeah, right! (I’m being sarcastic.)

Last Word

For today’s Europeans, there is no consolation, neither the old pagan continuity of national culture, nor the Christian continuity into the hereafter . . . . They have no ambition but to die quietly, no concerns except for those amusements which might reduce boredom and anxiety en route to the grave.

Barrett's Mixology

Plymouth

1 part Keystone Light.
1 part Wild Turkey 101.
Snowmelt.

Add ice for no reason. Stir.