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Ahmadinejad's incendiary rhetoric may seem harmless enough now, but we should remember that Hitlers don't become Hitlers unless they are underestimated and appeased. The Adolf Hitler of 1933 was much smaller than the 1944 version. John Root, Grover Beach, California
You’d think that Harvard had transformed into a military junta, given the tone of recent email threads demanding justice and democracy. Alas, the students throwing around such lofty rhetoric have been riled by nothing more than Dean Pilbeam’s refusal to continue subsidizing underage drinking...
Today begins Harvard’s Faustian renaissance. The warranty’s out on this University’s newest administrative appliance at a crucial juncture in our history. On the cusp of an epic expansion, a new undergraduate curriculum, and massive administrative turnover, Harvard needs capable leadership now...
For now, though, all eyes will be on Faust, who, having spent the summer studying the rhetoric of presidents past, will today present a voice that is distinctly her own.
But with voting rights, the death penalty, Guantánamo detainees and, in all likelihood, gun control on the docket this term, there will be plenty of fuel to heat up the rhetoric again. The question is whether Roberts and his colleagues will put away their matches.