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...weeks ago, I laid out an outline for sensible financial-reform legislation. Many of the principles of this framework look as though they will be kept in the Congress’s final bill, including a stronger consumer-protection agency and an over-the-counter exchange for derivatives. Yet as the legislation has gained steam and popularity over the last few weeks, politicians are predictably spewing populist demagoguery and wasting an opportunity to implement intelligent regulations. Congress must keep the unintended effects of their measures in mind as they finalize the legislative details on trading derivatives and supervising the Federal...
...like to remind you of the new realities you’ll face as a Harvard student. The first of these is, of course, tuition. You may have been accepted into Harvard, but, as with any college, the balance on your term bill will determine whether or not you actually get to live within the gates of Harvard Yard. After all, a world-class education does cost money. Tuition increased 3.5 percent this past year—that’s $33,696, $48,868 if you include room, board...
William H. Foege, a senior fellow in the Global Health Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was awarded the inaugural Thomas H. Weller Prize yesterday at the “Ancient Diseases, Modern Killers: The Eradication of Infectious Disease” symposium sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health...
...Bill has had an industrious career,” said School of Public Health Dean Julio Frenk, who presented Foege with the award. “[He] exemplifies how leaders can make enormous contributions in global health...his career has truly been an inspiration to many, including myself...
...individual religious practices of Muslims are respected, even while preserving French culture. Much has been made over what it means to be truly French—but surely no particular style of dress or worship is more truly French than the enlightenment ideal of genuine religious pluralism. This bill poses a clear danger to that ideal, and it ought not be passed in a fog of anxiety and unfounded rationalization...