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...past to understand better how we became the people we are, the adversity that had to be overcome, the courage of our forebears, their achievements and, yes, their mistakes and failings. We must also make time to look to the future. Jamestown's 400th birthday provides a platform for emphasizing the importance of civics education taught in the context of our nation's history. Sustaining our democratic republic requires that we renew our commitment to that objective...
When Tony Blair was elected to Britain's House of Commons in 1983, he was just 30, the Labour Party's youngest M.P. Labour had just fought and lost a disastrous election campaign on a far-left platform, and Margaret Thatcher, fresh from her victory in the Falklands War, was in her pomp. The opposition to Thatcher was limited to a few ancient warhorses and a handful of bright young things. Blair, boyish Blair, quickly became one of the best of the breed...
...Harvard does not really provide that platform,” Jeffrey Kwong ’09 says, a board member of the Catholic Students Association. And it’s sad, because, as Kwong attests, “some of the best scientists are some of the best Catholics...
...usernames are created equal. The Undergraduate Council (UC) wants students to be able to choose their own e-mail alias, rather than having to choose from a small number of (often unpalatable) alternatives. “It was actually something Ryan and I had in our platform when we ran this year,” says UC Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09. He described the proposal as a “quiet issue” that would nonetheless significantly improve students’ everyday lives. Sundquist began by contacting several Asian-American groups...
...Presidential hopeful Barack Obama formulates his economic platform before intensive campaigning begins this summer, he is turning to the Harvard faculty for advice. The Illinois Democrat has sought the help of David M. Cutler ’87, the Eckstein professor of applied economics, as well as Jeffrey B. Liebman, the Wiener professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government. Obama, a 1991 graduate of Harvard Law School, is also receiving economic advice from Austin Goolsbee, a professor at the University of Chicago. Obama’s links to the professors were reported in The Wall Street Journal...