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...former University President Abbott Lawrence Lowell, who presided over the ceremonies, wrote in his invitation to Roosevelt, “[W]e hope you will choose for your theme for a brief address something connected with Harvard... and feel that you would welcome this opportunity to divorce yourself from the arduous demands of politics and political speechmaking.” The note ended with a request for Roosevelt to keep his comments to less than 10 minutes...
...more ambiguously define our love life as “it’s complicated.” Once ascertained, either alone or in tandem with a significant other, Facebook faithfully announces this romantic classification to hundreds of “friends,” many of whom are brief acquaintances or, at worst, complete strangers.With its unapologetic eschewal of nuance, Facebook pressures us to define our relationships and display the results for all to see. Yet relationships, like people, do not fit neatly into predefined categories. The premium that Facebook places on categorization has only exacerbated our societal obsession...
...part of his transition strategy, President Barack Obama introduced a web feature meant to symbolize his commitment to expanding the national conversation through the magic of Hope and Change. The feature, a component of the change.gov transition site called the “Citizen’s Briefing Book,” ultimately revealed that the “expertise and insight” that a large component of his web audience wished to share with the incoming president in this moment of crisis related to the need to legalize marijuana. Perhaps Obama overestimated the American public?...
What was quite surprising, and overlooked, had to do with a different branch of the U.S. government. If you read it carefully, the statement is actually quite radical - perhaps unintentionally so. The brief message - just two short paragraphs - draws no distinction between the moral duties of Catholic policymakers and Catholic judges to work against abortion. (See pictures of Pope Benedict XVI's trip to America...
...Brief Description of Your Career Plans...