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...ignore the squalor of the busy city, vaguely mouthing lies like, “I’m all out of change, sorry.”Homelessness has reached a kind of equilibrium, both in Harvard Square and our society in general. We are occasionally guilted into a handout or a food pantry shift, but nothing changes—worse or better—and ignorance is always an easy choice. But after three years of wading through urine in the streets and seeing people sleep outside in freezing temperatures, I’m sick of it.At the risk...
...more than several times been asked (by none other than Harvard students themselves) why in the name of all that is sane I chose to transfer to Harvard. While I now have a fully memorized speech ready at all times (I’m even thinking of making a handout), the actual answer to that question is complex and probably uninteresting to you. But what might interest you is the rather unique perspective on Harvard life that my transfer experience has given me. While my love/hate relationship with Harvard is similar to many students on campus, I often find that...
While airlines are often their own worst enemy, by doing things like thwarting pension reform or holding out on needed fare increases, they can make progress with some enlightened government guidance. Let's forget the handout approach, and let them fight it out in a truly deregulated marketplace...
Guttmacher researchers concur, pointing out that countries like Holland, Sweden and France provide far more generously for indigent young mothers, yet have low pregnancy rates. Research by Sociologist Frank Furstenberg of the University of Pennsylvania further refutes the notion that teenagers who become pregnant are simply looking for a handout. In following 400 young black mothers in Baltimore, Furstenberg discovered that most were "surprisingly motivated to get off welfare." In fact, 17 years after bearing a first child, only one-quarter were receiving public assistance...
...Expos finished dead last and slunk out of Canada forlorn and for sale. (There were no takers.) This year, the Nationals are the toast of the capital and contenders in the National League East. Potential buyers are lining up like K Street lobbyists looking for a legislative handout. And the team is winning, despite lacking a true star and having a $47 million payroll, the lowest in the division...