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[29 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | by Rachel Pagano ]

When I sat down to write my last column of the year, I was tempted to write about the war in Afghanistan, the nuclear proliferation treaty or the way the world would look without America.

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[14 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | by Rachel Pagano ]

As members of a democracy in which the government gains its legitimacy and mandate from the opinion of the majority, we take as truth the assumption that government rules for the common good.

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[17 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | by Rachel Pagano ]

In the last few years, “bi-partisanship,” “compromise” and “working across the political aisle” have become phrases endowed with special power.

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[4 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | by Rachel Pagano ]

Lately, I’ve been having the feeling that it is impossible for it to ever be spring again. Even though the snow that is now covering the campus is beautiful, by the end of February I am always looking forward to the spring, to shrugging off winter layers and being able to walk barefoot through the…