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...good friend of mine recently told a story of ill-fated philanthropy. She’d just attended a richly-catered Harvard event and was walking home, carrying a tray of leftovers. Suddenly, it struck her that it’d be quite lovely of her to offer some scraps to the numerous homeless people she mindlessly steps over daily. Dazzled by her own benevolence, my dear friend eagerly approached the nearest vagabond and inquired: “Sir, would you like one of these sandwiches?” The man sneered, and shot back: “I only...
...first, the proposal for Harvard College Courses, the broad and ill-defined replacement for the Core put forth in last month’s report on the curricular review, seemed merely incompetent. But administrators were evidently motivated by another, less-than-savory rationale, buried deep within the report in a comma-delineated clause about the Harvard College Courses: “They should develop distinctive course materials for use in, and potentially beyond, Harvard College” (emphasis added). The great secret that explains these new classes, confirmed for me by several people connected to the review, is that administrators...
...there is another reason why imperialism carries the seeds of its own failure. Grand designs to remake nations are dreamed up in the groves of academe and the corridors of power. They are implemented, however, by young men (and women, too, nowadays) who are far from home, bored, sometimes ill-educated and often frightened. If you are a high-minded imperialist, sooner or later-whether in a village in Kenya, a Casbah in Algiers, or a jail in Baghdad-your young soldiers will get you into trouble. They will do something so foolish or impetuous or horrible that all your...
...there is another reason why imperialism carries the seeds of its own failure. Grand designs to remake nations are dreamed up in the groves of academe and the corridors of power. They are implemented, however, by young men (and women, too, nowadays) who are far from home, bored, sometimes ill-educated and often frightened. If you are a high-minded imperialist, sooner or later?whether in a village in Kenya, a Casbah in Algiers, or a jail in Baghdad?your young soldiers will get you into trouble. They will do something so foolish or impetuous or horrible that all your...
...read that British navy mascot Timothy the Tortoise died in Britain at age 160 [April 19]. Despite wars, ethnic and religious strife, environmental destruction and the ongoing extinction of wildlife species, Timothy was a fortunate tortoise who endured and endeared during a monumentally long existence. BRIEN COMERFORD Glenview, Ill...