It isn't an original observation that part of the British national psyche, Magna Carta onwards, has delighted in pricking pomposity and cocking a snook at higher authority; Ben Wheatley was flying that flag when he had Peter Ferninando squat over the nettles at the start of A Field in England, metaphorically taking a dump on the genteel period drama.
Rather, it seems more like a few mindless expressions of irritation at higher authority in a magazine he probably never reads: snidely mocking Vice President Joe Biden with the comment "Biden... Who's that?"; complaining about frequent e-mail messages from the administration's special representative to the Afghan war area, Richard Holbrooke.
"It's discouraging for them because it's so competitive to get into a good school, and even if they do, how much money is going to be available for them?" Probably not enough, and then which educator or famous college basketball coach is going to command space in the newspaper to rage at the higher authorities on their behalf?
Therefore, they have a strong motivation to implement the policies favored by their patrons at the higher authorities.
I do not feel the higher authorities at Catholic University are up to the moral standard to face this responsibility".
It is easy to point the finger at local officials and higher authorities, but let us not forget that it is the private sector that is equally, if not more, accountable.
Higher authorities were unaware of these developments.
There are no higher authorities.
"But at some point, a higher authority might decide to step in and do something".
Readers of this page know that all letters to the editor, by convention, begin with the same salutation, "To the Editor," as if addressed to some faceless higher authority at The Times.
