Daily Archives: August 31, 2004

SEVIS : Success or Disaster?

Despite repeated pleas from all of America’s major universities, despite continuing declines in foreign graduate students coming to the United States, despite lengthy delays and difficulties in obtaining student visas, and despite repeated breakdowns and glitches in implementation of SEVIS, … Continue reading

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Lets Declare Victory and All Go Home

Jim Moore has an interesting take on the old adage that Generals are always fighting the last war. He speculates that the “War on Terrorism” might be the last war, and already over… Maybe the war on terrorism–where a network … Continue reading

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Running Out of Things to Invent

A German company has invented a pair of glasses that come apart to double as chopsticks. The ‘sushi specs’ have detachable arms that can be used to eat traditional Japanese food. Those who aren’t adept at using chopsticks can have … Continue reading

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Platform Diving

Hammering together the poarty platform used to be one of the main jobs of the nominating convention, but led to unsightly rows and delays; nowadays it is written and approved months in advance. While covering the Democratic convention we never … Continue reading

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