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This is not to say the security improvements in Iraq are illusory. It's just that the war's realities are too elusive to grasp on a brief trip led by people with a vested interest in what you see. In Vietnam, the wisest U.S. officials sought out journalists like David Halberstam and Bernard Fall who had spent years traveling the country, and former diplomats and military officers who had the freedom to say what they really believed. And even that kind of granular, uninhibited knowledge isn't much help without a larger view of the world. McCain thinks winning...
...impressions of the Class of 2008, gained during my admittedly brief visit this spring, are a bit different. What I have noticed is considerable seriousness of purpose, both in and out of class, and remarkably little self-absorption. Nobody tried to take over University Hall this spring, but quite a few of my students did give up long weekends without sleep or pay to campaign for their favorite candidates in New Hampshire, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Instead of seeking change through self-indulgent and often self-defeating street tactics, these students sought a path to change in Iraq?...
...answer to that question came into focus when I least expected it to—not when doing things I had always hoped to do, but during the most routine and seemingly mundane moments. I had missed bumping into old friends for a brief conversation between classes, cheering on the Celtics in the Eliot grille, and late-night snacking at the Kong. I had missed enjoying old jokes with my roommates in the dining hall, hearing the card swiper call everyone who walked in for a meal “my baby,” having a friend...
...Making arts more central at Harvard has been one of the defining themes of Faust’s brief tenure as president. As Megan put it, she has attempted to support the community in “small but substantive ways,” such as setting up a student art exhibit in Mass. Hall or simply attending several undergraduate productions...
...shortly after he left the rostrum in Minneapolis, Obama left Clinton a message congratulating her on winning South Dakota and asking her to call him back. At 12:16 a.m. she did, and offered to "sit down when it makes sense for you." The two candidates had already had brief contact Sunday, after Clinton's victory in Puerto Rico's primary, and aides expect them to begin more formal talks about how the party will move forward soon, though Obama's communications director Robert Gibbs said, "There are no plans to meet [Wednesday...