Tag: Princeton
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Brush With Greatness: Fouad Ajami, 1945-2014
Professor Ajami never wavered in his belief that America made the right choice by overthrowing Saddam Hussein. I wholeheartedly share that viewpoint.
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A Personal Message of Joy, to Several Constituencies
In which your scribe celebrates the gift of a new job.
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In Search of A Thoughtful Liberal Economist
A Facebook friend said Dean Baker is "a fine, clear-thinking economist, [and] he’s also an uncannily good press critic." Sounds great — I’ve been looking for a source for regular commentary from a left-leaning economist, to balance out the right-leaning observations of my classmate Greg Mankiw. But I’m afraid I’m still looking.
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Brush With “Greatness”: Following in Helen Thomas’s Footsteps
I have the (pick an adjective) distinction of being only the second journalist to interview Jimmy Carter after he left office in early 1981. The first, Carter told me, was Helen Thomas, the long-time White House correspondent who resigned under pressure today after making astonishingly offensive comments to the effect that “the Jews” should get […]
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Ajami Offers Wisdom on Islam and the Middle East
"We can be proud of what we have done in Iraq. America has midwifed a binational state — that means Arab and Kurd — and we have midwifed a democratic entity in the heart of the Middle East…. I think history will be immensely kind to what he [President Bush] did in Iraq."
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Brush With Greatness: Elena Elenadana Kagan
I’d like to be able to say that I knew she was destined for great things, but I had no such insight. I will say that years ago, when I read she had been named Dean of Harvard Law School, that I was impressed but not particularly surprised.
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As GOP Looks for Leaders and Ideas, It Should Consider “Opportunity Conservatism”
K-Lo in The Corner linked the other day to a year-0ld National Review article about a potential next-generation GOP leader, Ted Cruz, the former Solicitor General of Texas. Turns out he’s Princeton Class of 1992, for those of you who care about such things. He needs some better photos, but I like the way he […]
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Slap a Warning Label on the CBO Scoring
Beware the government bearing numbers.
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Honest Labor: From Mach 2 to Muenster to Madison
In which your scribe rediscovers the redemptive power of work.
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Going Back to Old Nassau
Today I had the high privilege and distinct honor of fighting the wind with the parade banner for the Princeton Class of 1980, leading a hardy band of quintagenerians in an off-year reunion march at the “Best Damn Place of All,” in the words of the song. When asked which side of the banner I […]