Examining Racial Quotas
In 1973, Allan Bakke applied for medical school at University of California Davis. He didn’t get in. He applied the again following year, only to…
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Some Thoughts on the Feasibility of the Freedom Budget
As of late, many have argued that focusing on the practicality of the Freedom Budget’s proposals is an easy way to avoid the moral issues…
President Hanlon and the Administration Respond to the Freedom Budget
In a statement to the Dartmouth community, President Hanlon and senior members of the Dartmouth administration have addressed the recently released Freedom Budget. The article acknowledges…
The Sometimes Immaculate Sometimes Drunken History of Texas
One-hundred seventy-eight years ago, Anglo-American delegates from all over Texas met in the crudely hewn cottages of Washington-on-the-Brazos to wax prolifically about abuse they collectively…
Freedom and Oppression
Recently, my UGA used the forum of a floor meeting (and floor mass email) as a bully pulpit to vigorously espouse her support of the…
What’s the Russian Word for Anschluss?
Russia’s President (dictator) Vladimir Putin has seized on the recent political turmoil within the ex-Soviet satellite of Ukraine to tighten his grip on the eastern…
Geithner ’83 to Publish First Book in May
On Tuesday, Crown Publishers announced that class of ’83 alumnus Timothy Geithner’s first book, a memoir titled Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises, will be…
In Memoriam: Harold Ramis
After a lengthy battle, Harold Ramis passed away from complications due to vasculitis on Monday in his Chicago home. The 69 year old actor, writer…
Thoughts on the Freedom Budget
On the night of April 4, 1968, Robert Kennedy, seeking the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, pulled into Indianapolis for a seemingly routine campaign stop in…
“Innovation through Addition”
In an interview with Times Higher Education this past Thursday, February 20th, College President Philip J. Hanlon ’77 addressed the unaddressable – why American colleges…