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...anonymous victims of tyranny is that he is alive and talking, while they are dead and silent. What he is saying, by implication is a lot: that you must not wage wars like the one that has developed in Iraq with troops who don't have enough translators to understand the local language and have no desire to listen to what's being said to them anyway; that the blind reliance on half-baked "intel" is a bad idea, especially when its backed by a moronically bullying attitude (co-director Tucker was, by happenstance, the cameraman accompanying the raid...
Faust navigates this moral maelstrom with Olympian equanimity. While most of us would be drawn to harsh condemnation, Faust’s quest is to understand. The balance she shows surely reflects both her values as a historian and her character—this is good for the University...
...more years. We go to a restaurant once in three months, and this year we have decided to do without a summer holiday in nearby Corsica. We just can't afford it anymore. And compared with one-income families, we are quite well off. Is it so difficult to understand that the tremendous price increase of everyday items along with a yearlong stagnation in payrolls leads to empty wallets? Bettina Klein,Pisa, Italy
These service trips offer Harvard students a unique opportunity to assist and explore communities that are not full of the many advantages that we often take for granted in Cambridge. Though we, as college students, have our own struggles to deal with as we strive to understand ourselves and our growing responsibilities as young adults, we are still in a very privileged environment. The trips that these students will be taking offer a valuable service to the target communities and will also provide an enriching addition to the students’ educational experience if they approach the trips with...
...real fans understand deep down that their team and its fate are simultaneously both important and meaningless. It's this contradiction that is part of the agony, the ecstasy, the religious-like joy of being a fan. The leap of faith in unison with thousands of others that what you're all watching matters profoundly. Healthy sports lovers care passionately not because they truly think sport is a matter of life and death, but despite the fact they know it's not. When fanaticism starts hurting people, killing them, even, that contradiction vanishes and so does...