Word: ares
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I actually encourage this focus. I’m proud of my classmates’ service in charity—if not in politics. But a single-minded focus on the big things harms the little things, which are more important than we realize. You see the discrepancies everywhere: the...
In short, you see people who are so busy trying to save the world that they forget to take care of it.
On a more serious note, the hunger for nobility endangers everyday morality—because the latter is expected. What does it matter that you held the door open for a stranger? It’s not out of the ordinary. Or, at least, it wasn’t. Today...
For many new coaches, the first few years are meant for imposing new order and making sure players don’t feel too secure in their spots. When Jamie Clark took over the already successful Harvard men’s soccer program, he took the opposite approach, showing confidence...
Progress on the gay-rights front was more encouraging and elicited our praise. Bigoted animus was shown the legislative door with the inclusion of gays in laws protecting groups from hate crimes. Such legislation will be necessary as long as there is targeted violence—it is a corrective...