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GOP Should Copy Domino's, Admit It Screwed Up

Harry Kimball — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:37:00 CST

The GOP need not abandon its core principles to become ascendant again—but it has to 'fess up to its failure to deliver what it preaches. The party could take a lesson from Domino’s Pizza, which in a new campaign basically says: "We blew it." The analogy “isn’t perfect,” Jonah...

Alanis Ex Cops to Making Mess, Inspiring Song

Michael Foreman — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:55:02 CDT

Comedian Dave Coulier says he is indeed the target of Alanis Morissette's angry 1990s hit "You Oughta Know." The two had a nasty breakup at the time, but Coulier denied the rumors that he was the creator "of the mess that you made when you went away" until he spilled...

Ivy League Logjam Trickles Down

Greg Atwan — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:12:29 CDT

Top-tier colleges are getting more applicants than ever, the Times reports, allowing a new class of schools to court—and reject—the overachievers increasingly turned away from the Ivy League. Universities like Bucknell, Colgate and Lehigh are tightening standards as students with top SATs and grades seek higher learning lower...

Valedictorians Halted At Ivy Gates

Colleen Barry — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:07:39 CDT

With competition at top colleges more ferocious than ever, most Ivy League schools accepted under 10% of applicants for the first time, the Times reports. Tony schools like Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton turned away valedictorians and students with perfect SAT scores and GPAs, much to the shock of parents.