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...blame somewhere different. I am far more intrigued, however, by the different responses of my schoolmates in the days that followed. As a black student, I know that what I say about race will be understood by many to carry a particular bias on this issue. But the truth is that this issue does concern race: not because of the large police presence at a party hosted by a black student group, and not because a black student is talking about it. It is a racial issue because of who threw the party and because of which students knew...
...character of any progressive project. Our goal being the radical reworking of the system along more directly democratic lines, it makes minimal sense to suspend those principles temporarily in order to implement them ultimately. Audre Lorde’s frequently quoted reflections on working within power express the same truth: Regardless of who wields them, masters’ tools inevitably build masters’ houses. What this should mean, for well-intentioned progressives everywhere, is the repudiation of politicking. Instead of doting on the charisma of a particular presidential candidate, we need to find our inspiration in the histories...
...This is far from the truth. Libertarians believe that the fundamental right of humans is a right to freedom and to protection of that freedom by a very limited government. Classical liberals believe they should be able to do what they want with their stuff and in return they’ll leave other people’s stuff alone. The only reason to create government in this laissez-faire world is for minute regulations to protect this liberty...
...trying to get a better understanding of any issue, the more voices you have, the better,” says Blount. “What’s the worst that could happen—that two people disagree? But I guess that would get you closer to the truth...
...list the username of everyone with an account on fas.harvard.edu,” David J. Malan ’99, a computer science lecturer, writes in an email. “In theory, someone at MIT could simply ask someone at Harvard to execute that sort of command, [but] truth be told, it’s not that hard.” Pierre S. Sowemimo-Coker ’09, a recipient of the spookalicious invitation, was suspicious of the email. “I thought it was an MIT prank. It’s kind of creepy...