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...resources a child born in a Third World country does. If wealthy people are going to have larger families, they should be taxed according to how much they burden the overall system. Instead, we now give credits for having children. If you love children and want a big family, adopt someone already here...
...time for the E.U. and the Kyoto systems to recognize the need for repeal of their restrictive rules. It is also time for the U.S. Congress to adopt legislation for a broadly based national carbon-trading market with a minimum of regulatory and political interference. The time for breast-beating and fantasizing is over; it is time to allow the private sector and the financial markets to get on with the job of dealing with climate change...
...assimilation, even if it killed me. After years of being held back by a family a tad too eccentric for my hometown’s comfort, I was ready to joyfully jump into the mainstream. With my creepy ability to gauge the general atmosphere of a place and then adopt it as my own, I decided even before my freshman year that Harvard was brimming with scrappy people who like to go hiking and recycle plastics and give and receive head lamps as gifts. Yet one rather large obstacle to acceptance remained. While my peers lovingly stroked...
...recent recommendation that universities adopt mental health “first aid” programs for international students may be particularly relevant to Harvard, according to both international students on campus as well as those who have studied abroad...
When the Experiment came to an end, and Harvard decided to adopt coeducational housing more generally, the administration planned to redistribute all the female students among Harvard’s Houses, with no regard for where they had stayed during the Experiment...