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...Anne on having such a clear idea of what she wanted from her future—I was still quite undecided myself—I couldn’t help but feel a little uncomfortable with her reasoning. After all, implicit in the choice she had made was a belief in the necessity of choosing. As one Yale undergraduate interviewed in The New York Times put it flatly, “You can’t be the best career woman and the best mother at the same time. You always have to choose one over the other...
...initiatives and a fulfilling social life? To be sure, the commitments we juggle now are significantly different from those that lie ahead. But the distinction does little to explain the observed double standard in ambition and levels of self-confidence. The only plausible explanation seems to be that the belief in a mandatory future of “either/or”—either a successful family or a successful career—has been instilled so thoroughly in the social psyche that even the most able and aspiring minds of the generation, which once believed religiously...
...admit, after recovering from my belief that my Harvard-addled mind had finally cracked, I was impressed. To paraphrase Ron Burgundy, “You created a talking ad with light up-headlights? How’d you do that? Actually I’m not even mad. That’s amazing.” But the inherent creepiness was a little too “Minority Report” for me. First, the ad is talking to me, then it is stalking me, then the robots take over the world...
...Roman goddess of victory in war and wisdom, a rising sun, and the motto “Sub Libertate Florent.” Established during the Revolutionary War, the Academy was founded to represent some of the brightest minds and hopes of a new country, as well as the belief that the arts and sciences flourish under freedom. Other 2005 fellows from Harvard are David E. Bloom, Gamble professor of economics and demography; John H. Coatsworth, director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; James Engell, Gurney professor of English literature; Elena Kagan, dean of Harvard Law School...
...each other, so there is an opportunity for a Democratic candidate to win over the center. Kamarck and Galston also outline four myths they believe have hindered the progress of the Democratic Party: the myth of mobilization, of demography, of language, and of prescription drugs.They warn against the belief that the Democrats must mobilize the base of liberals. “Because conservatives are one-third of the electorate and liberals are only one-fifth, the strategy of trying to create a liberal majority by going left...will not work as well for the Democrats,” Galston said.The...