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"The old textbook Washington campaign just won't do," he told the Backyard crowd. "Telling people what we think they want to hear instead of what they need to hear just won't do. Not answering tough questions because we're afraid they won't be popular just won't do. Triangulating and poll-testing positions because we're afraid what [GOP candidates] Mitt [Romney] and Rudy [Giuliani] might say about us just won't do. Not this time. Not now. Not in this election."
BAPTIST CENSURESHIP Never tell a Southern Baptist how to be a Baptist-not to his face, anyway. That's what trustees of the International Mission Board did on November 6, when they voted to censure fellow trustee Wade Burleson, a pastor in Enid, Oklahoma, for violations of a trustee code of conduct. The board runs the Southern Baptist Convention's missionary programs. The Observer reflected on Burleson's outspoken role in Southern Baptist politics in a July feature, "Don't Stop Believing."In a censure resolution, Burleson's own blog posts were cited as evidence of his infractions. He has "repeatedly used his blog to share private communications with fellow trustees," "spoken in disparaging terms about fellow trustees," and "spoken in terms that are not positive and supportive of the Board when interpreting and reporting on actions by the Board." Other trustees met with Burleson twice on November 5 to get an apology, which Burleson refused to give, citing a Baptist tradition of dissent. "They said the only way to avoid the censure was to apologize, and I told them that I'm a Baptist," Burleson said in a telephone interview, "and I'm not going to apologize for the very thing that says I must dissent."See the full content of this document
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Embarrassment of Riches
HOGS AT THE TROUGH The Ivory Tower is indeed gilded for the chiefs of American universities and colleges. Like their corporate counterparts, they are making more money than ever, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education's annual survey. The survey found Mark Yudof, chancellor of the University of Texas System, at the top of the heap in Texas. In 2006-2007, Yudof pulled in $742,209, making him the fifth-highest paid public university leader in the nation. After a $50,000 raise in August, Yudof is earning 122 percent more in inflation-adjusted terms than the UT chancellor did just a decade ago. Yudof also finds time to sit on the board of HealthTronics Inc., an Austin-based medical services and products company. From...
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