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Nigeria's Nightmare
The Nigerian debut of the Miss World beauty pageant was already on its way to becoming the Nigerian nightmare when
Spare Changes
On one of the few clear days we’ve had this rainy autumn, I walked down Brattle Street to Mount Auburn
What Is Possible
I came across something the other day that struck me: an essay by Joyce, on the subject of epiphanies. He
Free-Speech Paranoia
When you are losing a public debate, nothing breathes new life into your cause like accusing your critics of suppressing
Rhetoric or Poetry
What do you think of abortion? Do you want a student center? Do you support gun control? Welfare? Post-modernism? Do
Larry Says: Let’s Get Rich
How is former Chinese leader and Communist Party chief Deng Xiaoping like University President Lawrence H. Summers? It’s not their
In Defense of Drunkenness
Without a delicious abundance of keg beer to wash down our pre-game breakfast this Saturday, my budget-conscious friends and I
Getting the Word Out
Every Monday and Thursday morning, scores of Harvard undergraduates wake up early to engage in the ritual of plastering the
Scratches Beneath the Surface
“It was the first hopeful moment I’ve felt since 9/11,” gushed columnist Tom Friedman in The New York Times, “It
Must-Flee TV
My annual winter slump is about to arrive. It is timed perfectly to correlate with the due date of my
On the Right Track
As Yogi would say, it’s deja-vu all over again. For the second successive year the Harvard and Penn football teams
Harvard, Yale: Tooth and Nail
Let’s just get it out of the way immediately: Harvard is not as good as Yale, and to claim otherwise
Deadly Diamonds
Crushing the trade in “conflict diamonds” looks about as easy as winning the War on Drugs, but that hasn’t stopped
Parade's End
Yesterday morning, while I was still sleeping, a motley parade wound down Main Street in my hometown. The high school
Killed in the Context
Have you ever tried to read in the Thompson Room? More formal in feel than Ticknor Lounge, this room on
