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...reason neither side is voicing much optimism over the latest round of nuclear talks is that Iran insists on exercising all the rights granted it by the NPT, while the Europeans (the U.S. is staying away from direct talks with Tehran) are trying to persuade the Iranians to accept a far more limited nuclear program in exchange for concessions on issues such as trade...
...scapegoating of Newsweek would like to say we can’t believe that the government is getting away with such a dystopian shenanigan, but in fact, we can believe it. Of course it’s easier to blame some maverick reporter for screwing things up than to accept that the ruling structure of our great nation might actually be rotten to the core. Like Anakin did, Americans are seizing on the small errors of the few instead of the overarching wrongs of the powerful...
Brent J. Bell, who has been the director of Harvard’s First-Year Outdoor Program (FOP) since 2000, will leave Harvard this summer to accept a tenure-track faculty appointment at the University of New Hampshire...
...mail Friday, Bell wrote that, though he knew that in the long term he wanted to teach and do research, he had intended to stay at Harvard for two more years before leaving. But when UNH’s offer came unexpectedly, he said he decided to accept, not knowing whether such an offer would come again...
...While I very much regret his departure from FOP, this position represents a truly extraordinary opportunity for him, one I certainly expected (and encouraged) him to accept,” Nathans wrote...