Paul Light
Paul Light
Paul Light is a British academic and psychologist. He was the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winchester...
broader symptoms
These things become symptoms of a broader disquiet with Cheney.
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The person at the top matters most. You can shuffle the deck, but the president is the ace of spades, and he's not going to change.
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There is a profession of disaster preparedness. It is a well-developed profession. Witt came out of that community. Witt had a very good Rolodex, and at the end of the day, that's really important.
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I think the 20,000 employees of immigration and customs enforcement have got to be scratching their heads, and saying, am I going to take orders from this particular person who has never held a gun in her hand?
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I think Bush takes a big hit. He's vulnerable on it, even if it's not totally fair.
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The basic question is, will the public listen to the government in the future, and that's a critically important question. It is entirely possible this could have a significant impact on the public's willingness to listen to their government, police, fire and charity officials in the event of another catastrophe in another city.
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It's hugely embarrassing for the sector. I don't believe there is any malfeasance here. But . . . the notion that the Red Cross simply cannot track where the money is going feeds into this growing concern that charities cannot be trusted to spend their money wisely.
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It's hugely embarrassing for the sector, ... I don't believe there is any malfeasance here. But . . . the notion that the Red Cross simply cannot track where the money is going feeds into this growing concern that charities cannot be trusted to spend their money wisely.
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You go to the FBI where they investigate the answers to your forms, there are only so many FBI agents available to do that. Then you go to the office of government ethics, where they clear your financial disclosure and cure any conflicts of interest you might have,
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There's a general sense that the charitable sector has the touch needed, a better feel for the communities affected.
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It's a rare moment when you get a housecleaning like this. It could presage a strong turnaround for an agency that's been adrift for years if not decades.
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They've been getting slower and slower, and the vacancy rates have been climbing.
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Sacking the president isn't the panacea for what ails the Red Cross.
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These scandals don't have very much impact on public opinion because opinion couldn't be much worse. They just reinforce what the public already believes.