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ON MONDAY, The Crimson reported that the Harvard Alumni Association has decided to invite outgoing President Derek Bok to give the keynote address at Commencement in June.
THERE IS NO shortage of interesting candidates. Harvard could invite George Bush or James Baker (or both for that matter; they seem joined at the hip). Bush is an Eli, which is problematic, but his title is sufficiently redeeming. And the administration has some explaining to do regarding the Middle...
Alteratively, Harvard could invite Colin Powell, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Powell has just led the nation to an astounding military victory, and he is also one of the most promiment Black figures in America. Surely he has interesting things to say.
TURNING to the world stage, Harvard could invite Nelson Mandela. If the University is really daring, it could extend an invitation to Wei Jingsheng, a Chinese democrat who has been in jail since 1979. Now that Anatoly Sharansky and Mandela are free, Wei has the unfortunate distinction of being the...
If the uprisings succeed, Iraq could find itself dismembered, with the Kurds running the north, the Shi'ites the south, and Saddam's Sunni faction relegated to the strip in between. That in turn might invite neighboring Turkey, Syria and Iran to take a bite out of the country. Thus...