Philip O. Balson

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Harvard’s Paternalistic Power Grab

By Philip O. Balson March 12, 2019

I was cut by the Fly Club and have been rejected by almost every extracurricular to which I applied. But we should honestly face the practical consequences of this attempt to foster inclusion by fiat.

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Till the Stars in the Firmament Die: Harvard’s Alma Mater and the Making of a Trade School

By Philip O. Balson April 02, 2018

By failing to provide foundational courses undergraduates want to take, Harvard is only speeding the flow from CGIS and Emerson Hall to the shiny new Allston campus.

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