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...well to learn its lessons. In the sacred texts of neoconservatism, imperialism is everywhere. Six articles in the latest issue of the National Interest deal with the subject. In the Weekly Standard, Max Boot - whose recent book, The Savage Wars of Peace, kicked off the whole fad - concedes that "formal empire is passe" while arguing that in carrying out President Bush's policy of democratizing Iraq, "it would be a grave mistake to look for an early 'exit strategy.'" The length of time U.S. troops would have to stay in Iraq, Boot writes confidently, "will have to be measured...
...Unlike his father, Muqtada has no formal religious standing to interpret the Koran, and relies for religious authority on an Iran-based Iraqi exiled cleric, Ayatollah Kazem al-Haeri. But he clearly believes he will himself assume the rank of marjah - the highest authority on religion and law in Shiism, in American pop-cultural terms a knight on the highest Jedi council. His father and uncle certainly provide him with an impeccable pedigree in terms of Iraqi Shiite martyrdom. Their names - along with Muqtada's - were chanted by thousands of worshipers making the pilgrimage to Karbala last week. He denies...
...limited resources are devoted to classroom training, those with less serious interests in the arts will be left out. “I think that’s a real danger,” Mayman says. “At other schools…when you do have a formal department, it segments out a special group.” She worries about “making things more structured and formal and decreasing involvement...
That legacy persists. Deep down, Harvard would rather study the arts than practice them, at least as part of the formal curriculum. Neil and Angelica Rudenstine loved the arts more than Larry does, I think it is fair to say. But they were largely content to foster undergraduate extracurricular activity. What I have been arguing for, at the moment of the undergraduate curricular review and the planning for Allston, is for administrators and faculty not to ratify the present but to re-imagine the future...
...story behind Epstein’s deep connection with Harvard parallels his giving history, with close friendships with professors and administrators spanning the past 10 years. As an individual with no formal connection to the University, save for his donations, his Harvard ties highlight the meeting between the world of minds in the academy and the world of wallets in the business arena...