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...personalities are probably the least important factor in this face-off. At the core of the conflict are two different ways of looking at the world. Rumsfeld and his team of neoconservative civilians at the Pentagon favor an activist and often unilateralist approach to advancing America's interests abroad. Powell's camp sees the world through a prism of interlocking interests that need to be protected by alliances and stability. The fight between internationalists and unilateralists has gone on in the Republican Party for a generation. What's different this time is that Rummy and Powell are engaging...
...core of the civilian casualty crisis is the decision by Iraqi forces to decline both of the two options coalition war planners are offering them: surrender or obliteration. Instead, those Iraqis still fighting have, according to an American officer, "turned matador," changing into civilian clothes, sidestepping the full might of advancing forces only to reappear later to inflict cut after cut in the Americans' flanks with guerrilla strikes on convoys or suicide bomb attacks. In this atmosphere every civilian is suspect, and the longer the conflict lasts and the more innocents that are sacrificed, the less welcome the Americans...
...particularly pleasing that Pinker plans to teach a course in Harvard’s Core Curriculum next year. One of Harvard’s greatest assets is its roster of noteworthy professors who still remain accessible to large numbers of students outside their individual departments through Core classes. In the tradition of late Agassiz Professor of Zoology Stephen Jay Gould, big names and great thinkers like Clowes Professor of Science Robert P. Kirshner have helped to stimulate a broad-based interest in the sciences at the College; Pinker’s addition will make sure this important practice continues. Though...
ADAPTATION. At its core, Adaptation is an analysis of the intellectual diseases that plague every writer, from editorial pressure to sibling rivalry to unrequited love. But its narrative edges make it a unique experience. Nicolas Cage plays writer Charlie Kaufman (the real-life writer of the film), who becomes consumed by his assignment to adapt Susan Orlean’s meditative nonfiction novel The Orchid Thief and his own personal eccentricities. Like Kaufman and director Spike Jonze’s previous film Being John Malkovich, several plots overlap and intertwine with surprising at dramatic twists, creating a frustrating, complex film...
...necessary to elucidate complex theories. These criticisms can seem exaggerated and occasionally obnoxious, but perhaps early hiring practices may make a significant difference to the quality of TFs in the sciences. It may also not significantly improve the standard of teaching in that area. After taking only three Core classes in math and science, I can’t predict the outcome with any degree of certainty. I do know, however, that humanities will be largely unaffected—their shortcomings run deeper than poor instructors...