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Preaching Politics
You learn a lot from the Bible. There are, first, the moral teachings: Love your neighbor, obey the Ten Commandments
The Gossip Column
I am a celebrity junkie. My favorite magazine is Vanity Fair, I occasionally make forays into Entertainment Weekly and, in
Is Osama Really After Our Cattle?
Forget smallpox. What really keeps the anti-terrorism bureaucrats up nights is foot-and-mouth virus. Last spring, the Bush administration tried to
When Sabers Rattle Too Loudly
The unexpected admission last Wednesday that North Korea has been operating a secret nuclear weapons program since the mid-1990s, in
Living It Up, Yale Style
As nagging mothers will do, my mom came up with a catchphrase my senior year in high school to tempt
Pythons and Rats
The signs of senior year are everywhere. Campus is a sea of young faces I don’t recognize, the first-years look
How the Weak Wage War
If you have ever wondered what would happen if the European Union ran the world anti-terror campaign, take a look
Partisanship, Harvard-Style
Angered by a prolonged spell of spineless—or, often, non-existent—opposition in Washington to the Bush Administration, Frank Rich ’71 thundered in
Veritas Has No 'Z'
It is reasonably common knowledge that Harvard admits a certain number of students each year on the condition that they
Books and Barbarians
The ad hominem attack is the easy fall back for anyone who disagrees with the Bush administration. For cartoonists, the
Being Don Quixote
The fall my father turned 20, he crisscrossed southern Ohio in his Volkswagen trying to save the world. It was
Nicer Not Necessary
A conversation I overheard in Porter Square two weeks ago has made me remember how I felt seeing homeless people
Why a Rat Had To Die
When the last pig-tailed bandicoot disappeared from Australia 80 years ago, there were no mourners. Such a muted reaction is
Tobacco Wins When It Loses
A California jury’s decision on Friday that Phillip Morris must pay $28 billion in punitive damages to a lifetime smoker
Improving, One Rank At A Time
Last month, U.S. News & World Report released its 2003 edition of “America’s Best Colleges.” Harvard placed second to Princeton
