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According to the Journal story, concern for the neutrality of Wetlaufer’s article was not even brought into question until Welch’s wife called Wetlaufer to ask whether she thought she could write an objective article given her relationship with the former GE chair...
...certain kind of world, anyway: fellow members of a literary subculture that exploded online in recent years and is especially flourishing at www.fanfiction.net Just in the past 18 months or so, FFN, which launched in late 1998, has attracted tens of thousands of teenagers who like to read and write fan fiction--stories based on celebrities (such as JC from boy band 'N Sync) or popular characters from literature, TV, even comics. The site lists more than 100 "fandoms" in the book category, ranging from Anne Frank to Young Jedi Knights; under music, there's writing built around everyone from...
...cheer you on, says Merle Marsh, a prep-school administrator and author of several parents' guides to the Net, including Everything You Need to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask Kids) About the Information Highway (Computer Learning Foundation). Marsh applauds the site for encouraging young people to read and write; she only wishes they weren't writing about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. "It would be better if they were coming up with their own characters," she says, "but maybe this is the way they need to start...
Memo to Bin Laden: blame the Greeks! When the time comes to write the latest Afghan war's chronicles, one question will surely entertain historians. About 120,000 Soviet troops couldn't win victory there in 10 years, but a relative handful of Western soldiers took only a few weeks and a few Western casualties to wrest control of the country from the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. How come...
...history. Harvard was founded by white men, governed by white men and funded by white men throughout history. Without white men Harvard would never have existed and would cease to exist. I realize that it is politically correct to beat up on white men in an effort to re-write history, but try doing without us for a decade or so and you wouldn’t have walls on which to hang the portraits of women, who have contributed little to Harvard— and, I suspect, have contributed little to Harvard’s huge endowment! Until very...