“Making new technology is hard. You have to have some amount of optimism
to stick with it. ... There’s
a lot of work (that happens) between the seed of imagination and getting to the
product.” §
“This is a monument to executive supremacy and the imperial presidency.
It’s also a road map for the Pentagon for fending off any prosecutions.” §
“Almost every parent now has been exposed to star charts, praise and all
of that, and almost always they’re doing it incorrectly. Take ‘time
out,’ for example; it suppresses the behavior then, but it won’t
lead to long-term changes. ... Once they practice alternatives to punishment,
they get results from their child. Parental stress and depression go down, family
relationships improve and home life is made much less stressful.” §
“[Interconnectedness in the global production system has now reached the
point where] a breakdown anywhere increasingly means a breakdown everywhere.
This is especially true of the world’s financial systems, where the coupling
is very tight. Now we have a debt crisis with the biggest player, the U.S. The
consequences could be enormous.” §
“Shareholders are recognizing that, when chairmen of compensation committees
understand that their decisions will be subject to a vote of confidence, they
try harder to get it right.” §
“From the perspective of 2008, when interracial sex is seen as a historical
fact of life instead of an abomination, the circumstantial case for [former President
Warren] Harding’s mixed-race ancestry is intriguing though not definitive.
... Genetic testing and genealogical research may one day prove the truth or
falsity of such claims. In the meantime, as the campaign season plunges us headlong
into a ‘national conversation’ about race, it’s worth thinking
about why that truth has been so hard to come by for so long — about what
makes it into our official history and what we choose to excise along the way.” §
“If the system is perceived to be broken, then people are more open to
change things to make things better. ... Social change can happen extremely quickly.” §
“I think if there is a recession then it is highly unlikely that the Republicans
will win.” §
“A crucial yet overlooked deadline looms over the Iraq debate: Unless further
action is taken, the war will become illegal on Jan. 1, 2009. ... [Congress’ resolution
authorizing military force in Iraq empowers] the president to ‘enforce
all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.’ This
has allowed the Bush administration to satisfy American law by obtaining a series
of resolutions authorizing the United States to serve as the head of the multinational
force in Iraq. But here’s the rub. The most recent U.N. resolution expires
on Dec. 31, and the administration has announced that it will not seek one for
2009.” §
“Vilna, because it was between the empires and not belonging to any of
them, it was neither Russian, nor German, nor Polish, nor Lithuanian. And (yet
it was) all of them at the same time; it could preserve its own culture in Yiddish.” §
“Adopted in 1967 in the shadow of John F. Kennedy’s assassination,
the 25th Amendment allows presidents unilaterally to transfer presidential power
to their vice presidents and enables presidents, with congressional consent,
to fill a vacancy in the vice presidency should one arise. By creatively using
the constitutional rules created by this amendment, the Democrats can, if they
are so inclined, present the voters in November with a new kind of balanced ticket.
Here’s how it would work: … Whenever a president resigns, the vice
president automatically becomes president, as when Richard Nixon stepped down
and thus made Gerald Ford president in 1974. Under the 25th Amendment, the new
president, in turn, picks a new vice president, subject to congressional approval.
... The 25th Amendment would allow the new president to pick the old president
as the new vice president. Voila-the ticket, flipped! As long as the Congress
approves, the 25th Amendment would thus enable the president and vice president
to switch seats in a nimble transaction that could be completed in less than
an hour.” §
“A mass audience saw the story of what happened in a way that had never
been done before, a dramatic and accurate depiction of a horrifying experience
for millions of people.” §
“[Pharmaceutical companies] leverage every single angle they can to persuade
every person to secure the opinion that their products are superior, every possible
source of opinion; they use money to establish a relationship with them. The
issue is not, ‘Were these people [who endorse the use of the new medications]
influenced?’ There is nobody who is not influenced.”
T H I S
— John Morrell, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, speaking
to youngsters at a “Science Saturdays” program, “Segway
Engineer,”
New Haven Register, April 10, 2008.
— Eugene Fidell, visiting lecturer at the Law School, about a recently
disclosed 2003 U.S. Justice Department memorandum which gave the military broad
powers to detain and interrogate suspects, “U.S. Memo Authorized Extreme
Methods,” International Herald Tribune (France), April 3, 2008.
— Alan Kazdin, the John M. Musser Professsor of Psychology and Child Psychiatry,
professor at the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, and director of the
Yale Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic, about a method which focuses
on getting children to practice good behavior rather than learning to suppress
bad behavior through punishments, “Child Discipline the Pain-Free Way,” Press
Association (U.K.), April 4, 2008.
— Charles Perrow, professor emeritus of sociology, “Are We Doomed?;
The Very Nature of Civilization May Make Its Demise Inevitable,” New Scientist
(U.K.), April 5, 2008.
— Stephen M. Davis, lecturer at the School of Management, “Say on
Pay: A Whisper or a Shout for Shareholders?” The New York Times, April
6, 2008.
— Beverly Gage, assistant professor of history, about claims that Harding
was of mix-race ancestry, in her article, “Our First Black President?” The
New York Times, April 6, 2008.
— Anthony Leiserowitz, research scientist at the School of Forestry & Environmental
Studies, “Climate Change: A Vision Worth Fighting For,” Inter Press
Service (Italy), April 3, 2008.
— Ray Fair, the John M. Musser Professor of Economics, “If the U.S.
Economy Falls Into a Recession, Can Presumptive Republican Nominee John McCain
Possibly Win the Presidential Election in November?” Manila Bulletin (Philippines),
April 3, 2008.
— Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, and
Oona Hathaway, associate professor of law, in their article, “The War’s
Expiration Date,” The Washington Post, April 5, 2008.
— Benjamin Harshav, the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Professor of Hebrew
Languages and Literatures, “CPTV Finds the Lost Jewish Cultural Center
of Vilna,” New Haven Register, April 6, 2008.
— Akhil Reed Amar, the Southmayd Professor of Law, in his article, “Clinton-Obama,
Obama-Clinton; How They Could Run Together and Take Turns Being President,” Slate,
March 21, 2008.
— Ben Kiernan, the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History and director
of the Genocide Studies Program, “Journalist’s Ally ‘Wanted
the Story To Get Out’; Dith Pran (1942-2008) / Story of Survivor of Khmer
Rouge Genocide Was the Basis of ‘The Killing Fields,’ which Awoke
a Mass Audience to Cambodia’s Holocaust,” Edmonton Journal (Canada),
April 6, 2008.
— Robert Rosenheck, professor of psychiatry and of epidemiology and public
health, “Is Drug Research To Test or To Tout?” St. Petersburg Times
(FL), April 13, 2008.
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Divinity student’s books pay homage to architectural marvels
United Way honors the University and staff member . . .
Ways to curb ovarian cancer’s resistance to chemotherapy . . .
Yale Rep stages world premiere of ‘Boleros for the Disenchanted’
Program seeks to build bridges of religious environmentalism
Conference aims to spark ‘new American conversation’ . . .
Reading will feature recent winners of Yale Series of . . .
Photography exhibit highlights culture of Uyghur people of China
Dr. Gerald Shulman lauded for his pioneering work on insulin resistance
Amy Arnsten wins national grant for research on . . .
Yale hosts delegation from China’s Food and Drug Administration
New director of development for School of Music is appointed
IN MEMORIAM
Dr. Steven Hebert: Discoveries illuminated kidney processes
G.K. Hunter: Was a scholar of Renaissance literature
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