Finally the President is doing something for the little guy out there – by unilaterally changing the name of a national landmark to support a platform of indefinite social change and the dissolution of unwanted historical reality(ies). On Aug. 31, Obama called for Mt McKinley, the 20,000 foot mountain and tallest peak in North America...
This description of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made its rounds across the Internet today after the publication of Jeffery Goldberg’s latest article in The Atlantic, The Crisis in U.S.-Israel Relations is Officially Here. Here’s the excerpt: The other day I was talking to a senior Obama administration official about the foreign leader who...
The National Organization for Women (NOW), Feminist Majority, National Congress of Black Women, US Women Connect, and Women’s Information Network gathered at the National Press Club today to convey their support for President Obama and Vice President Biden. The theme would be the “War on Women” allegedly waged by conservatives against women everywhere. When putting...
Lewis Auditorium was at full capacity this evening, as some of the most brilliant, politically-minded individuals on campus flocked to the lecture hall in Goldwin Smith. The event that drew them was titled “Obama’s New Deal, Tea Party Reaction, and America’s Political Future,” presented by Theda Skocpol, Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University....
– Drug and alcohol violations on the rise at Tompkins County campuses. – WashPo has more on the Cornell coffee robot arm. – Cornell funding may fall after the midterm elections. – Hide your money, lock your restaurant, ‘cuz they robbin’ everybody out here. – Don’t eat at these restaurants. – Cornell “tags along” with...
– Via MetaEzra, Cornell’s endowment grows 13%. – Despite the MacArthur awarded to a Cornell professor last week, WSJ says New York is suffering from a crisis of geniuses. – Post on Cornell’s real Superman. (HT MetaEzra) – Women’s hockey ranks #2 in preseason polls. – Football picks up its first win against Bucknell. –...
President Obama got on the phone this afternoon with several college students in a publicly-broadcast conference call, where he fielded questions from student journalists. His objective was relatively simple – garner support for health care initiatives that allow students to remain on their parents’ plan until they are 26, and encourage young people to take...
According to a September 12th New York Times article, with a critical midterm election cycle approaching, a number of Democratic candidates for national office are attempting to distance themselves from their party and its recent legislative actions. Rather than riding President Obama’s coattails, it seems Democrats are marketing themselves as the renegades (or mavericks, if...
– Elie’s post on Cornell and TFA. – Cornell researchers monitor freshmen getting fat. – Cornell spring football rolls. Big football.. doesn’t roll. – The Cavalier discusses those puzzling WSJ rankings. And some spin. – And they have a good discussion of new anti-Greek policies. – Another set of rankings of “most desirable schools.” Not quite...
This story came out from the AP yesterday: WASHINGTON – Weighing his words carefully on a fiery political issue, President Barack Obama said Saturday that Muslims have the right to build a mosque near New York’s Ground Zero, but he did not say whether he believes it is a good idea to do so. Obama...