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Saturday, March 06, 2004


Can Clinton be VP?
Volokh had an extensive post on this, for those of you who were slamming the NYU prof.


Posted by Timothy, 5:31 PM -

Friday, March 05, 2004


Le Big Mac

A meaty, super-sized DFP 4.11 is now on-line for you to dig your meaty paws into and satisfy your hunger.

There are plenty of juicy spots to note: a double-stack of gay marriage editorials by Josh Stern and Brian Martin, talk of gut-wrenching violence in the Middle-East by Welton Chang and Sean Mann (interview by Aaron Schlosser), Kristen Grauer’s article on how the Patriot Act is unhealthy for all of us, Matt Stoff’s obsession with monkeys, T. Wood’s hungry battle against the Italian Not-Grinder, and G. Roth’s demonstration of why greens are healthy with an interview of Matt Gonzalez.

Meanwhile, Andrew Seal has trouble swallowing The Passion, Sheila reminds us that you don’t necessarily have to eat what you are, and many others fill out the extravagant liberal banquet with articles on Emma, The Weather Underground, and more.

Stock up on sustenance for Spring Break here.


Posted by Nick, 8:09 PM -

Thursday, March 04, 2004


Someone also needs to do something about republicans


Posted by Nikhil, 8:57 PM -

Someone needs to do something about Nader.


Posted by Nikhil, 8:52 PM -

Bill for VP ... 2000

There was apparently speculation on a Gore-Clinton ticket back in the day, too, with clearance from constitutional law scholars.


Posted by Ms. Anthrope, 2:39 AM -

Wednesday, March 03, 2004


Here we go again...
We return to our History 19 class, where i sit, happily pecking away at my laptop. To my left (literally and ideologically) sits Graham Roth, noted classroom mumbler. Graham, peering over my shoulder, has mild objections about my comments...but the free speech zealot that is defenseless. Class is today dominated by student speeches. I think the entire class is close to as tired as I am.
One of our classmates, the token outspoken conservative (there are prob other conservatives in the class, although Prof Orleck likely scared a few away early on), is standing in front of class impersonating Ronald Reagan. It's all very thrilling for him.

I wish Tom Delay had a higher profile. He seems like a real son of a bitch. I miss having Republican politicos that were easy to hate. I miss Newt.

God, am I bored during class. I need to pay more attention. Then my grades wouldn't be terrible and I would know something, too

Anyway, the point of this post is that the NY Times has stumbled across the perfect Kerry running mate.

Also, the most interesting summary of the Democratic primary race I have seen, if a couple days behind. Kerry (congrats), Dean and CLark supporters...get a look at this.





Posted by Brian, 1:25 PM -

Tuesday, March 02, 2004


Enlightenment in Texas
Statement From President Robert B. Sloan Jr. Regarding Baylor Lariat Editorial On Gay Marriage
March 01, 2004

Baylor University President Robert B. Sloan Jr. released the following statement today, regarding a Feb. 27 editorial in The Lariat, Baylor's student newspaper, on gay marriage:

Baylor University’s student newspaper, the Baylor Lariat, last Friday published an editorial supporting the City of San Francisco’s lawsuit against the State of California to declare unconstitutional sections of the California Family Code defining marriage as a union of a man and woman. By a 5-2 vote, the student editorial board opined that, taking into account equal protection under the law, gay couples should be granted the same equal rights to legal marriage as heterosexual couples.
It is important for Baylor constituents to know that this position held by five students does not reflect the views of the administration, faculty, staff, Board of Regents or Student Publications Board, which oversees the Lariat. Nor do I believe this stance on gay marriage is shared by the vast majority of Baylor’s 14,000 students and 100,000 alumni.
We have already heard from a number of students, alumni and parents who are, as am I, justifiably outraged over this editorial. Espousing in a Baylor publication a view that is so out of touch with traditional Christian teachings is not only unwelcome, it comes dangerously close to violating University policy, as published in the Student Handbook, prohibiting the advocacy of any understandings of sexuality that are contrary to biblical teaching. The Student Publications Board will be addressing this matter with the Lariat staff as soon as possible.
In the meantime, I would like to assure Baylor constituents that, while we respect the right of students to hold and express divergent viewpoints, we do not support the use of publications such as the Lariat, which is published by the University, to advocate positions that undermine foundational Christian principles upon which this institution was founded and currently operates.
I know about Baylor, is that they were in Texas and put out the Baylor briefs for high school policy debate. I didn't know that it billed itself as the largest Baptist university in the world, which perhaps explains why the President is saying such an editorial can violate school policy.


Posted by Timothy, 12:34 PM -

Different take on Haiti
This all came up yesterday, but in case anyone hasn't heard about it...

Democracy Now reports:
"Multiple sources that just spoke with Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide told Democracy Now! that Aristide says he was 'kidnapped' and taken by force to the Central African Republic."

"Robinson said that Aristide 'emphatically' denied that he had resigned. 'He did not resign,' he said. 'He was abducted by the United States in the commission of a coup.' "


The White House press secretary denies the claims in a Press Briefing:
"Q Thank you. Can you describe what the United States knows about the conditions under which President Aristide left Haiti? Do we know, did he leave of his own? Was he forcibly --

MR. McCLELLAN: No, that's nonsense. I would just say -- I've seen some of the reports. Conspiracy theories do nothing to help the Haitian people move forward to a better, more free and more prosperous future. Mr. Aristide said in his statement -- it was a little bit more than this, but he said, 'Tonight I'm resigning in order to avoid a bloodbath. I accept to leave with the hope that there will be life, and not death.'

We took steps to protect Mr. Aristide and his family so they would not be harmed as they departed Haiti.

Q So it's your understanding it was entirely his decision?

MR. McCLELLAN: Yes."

It will be interesting to see if Mr. Aristide actually made the allegations or if it is coming from other sources, and if he is making them, if anything comes of them.


Posted by Liz, 1:36 AM -

Monday, March 01, 2004


Re: Bush Administration reverses U.S. policy against landmines
I represented South Korea in Model U.N. when I was an undergrad at Dartmouth and Bill Clinton was president. I can tell you the Clinton administration was not friendly to the land mine treaty.


Posted by Timothy, 12:33 PM -

Bush Administration reverses U.S. policy against landmines

This is really sickening. The Bush Administration has just reversed a 10 year policy against anti-personel landmines. According to Human Rights Watch, mines kill 15,000-20,000 people a year, 85% of whom are innocent civilian. In 2002, that included 2649 children. I have difficulty discerning any significant moral difference between the use of these barbaric weapons, and the use of suicide bombers. At any rate, it's hard to think what could be more terrorizing than having your neighborhood littered with ticking timebombs.

The last time the U.S. officially used landmines was Gulf War 1, but the tone coming from Washington suggests that is about to change, since the development of "smart mines", which self-detonate after a certain number of weeks, potentially eliminating the long-term devastation of mine use. But will simply making timebombs that tick faster really solve the problem of civilian casualties? The technology allows for a 10% explosion failure rate, so it looks like minefields will still be littered with unexploded mines as before. Besides, the new policy will doubtless increase the use of dumb bombs by countries that don't have access to the new technology. Perhaps the only "redeeming" quality of these new mines is that they don't last as long, so countries will have to purchase more of them, providing a cash boon to U.S. weapons producers. (but that's just my pet conspiracy theory)

The U.S. is the only NATO country that has not signed the mine ban treaty. However, it did pledge in 1998 to join the Mine Ban Treaty by 2006. The Pentagon announced the end of this policy a few days ago, but it's gotten scant little press coverage. The only reference in the New York Times is this short Op-ed today. Everyone must be too busy worrying about who's going to win the Oscars to worry about a few thousand more innocent civilian casualties here and there. Of course, if they were American, Israeli, or European casualties, it would be a different story.


Posted by Justin Sarma, 2:40 AM -

One Reviewer Gets it Right

A younger sibling sent me this note this evening. With all our Passion-discussion, I post most of it here for your amusement:
Worst movie ever: The Passion of the Christ

You know that Simpsons episode with Mel Gibson, where he is making the movie: "Mr. Smith goes to Washington" or something like that and he gets homer's help and they shoot all the senators? This is the exact same thing as the final product of that movie. It is really pointless, bloody, and has meaningless parts (the dog with the shifty eyes in The Simpsons is like the devil in The Passion).

[...] I would rather be crucified myself than see this movie again.


Posted by Nick, 12:12 AM -

Sunday, February 29, 2004


Well, *someone* has been smoking a little too much...
From Dartlog:
I opened the Dartmouth.edu home page today to find its header graphic vandalized in similar fashion: the "O" in Dartmouth is wearing a Cat-in-the-Hat hat. Seriously.
Now, I have no problem with Dartmouth's celebration of its most famous alum. I enjoy Seuss as much as the next guy. But this graphic doesn't belong on a site that will be visited by young high school prospectives. Why? Because everybody know that the Cat-in-the-Hat hat is shorthand for listening to Jamiroquai and smoking Kokomo.


Posted by Timothy, 5:05 PM -

Somebody had better call FIRE
...and we're banning books in America.
Nahid Mozaffari, a scholar and editor specializing in literature from Iran, called the implications staggering. "A story, a poem, an article on history, archaeology, linguistics, engineering, physics, mathematics, or any other area of knowledge cannot be translated, and even if submitted in English, cannot be edited in the U.S.," she said.

"This means that the publication of the PEN Anthology of Contemporary Persian Literature that I have been editing for the last three years," she said, "would constitute aiding and abetting the enemy."


Posted by Graham, 2:55 AM -
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