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...sense, nothing at all. As Ferguson has argued, the U.S. doesn't seem prepared to make the long-term commitment of resources and talent to its imperial possessions that, for better or worse, Britain did. But let's pretend the U.S. really is prepared to send its best and brightest to help rebuild Iraq. And let's concede, as Ferguson contends, that "liberal imperialism," with its free flow of capital and goods, really can help poor countries grow richer. Would the U.S. be wise to commit itself to such a vocation...
...just seems awry with the universe when a scene like the one at Red Rolfe Field unfolds, when Lentz, blessed with the rarest degree of inborn ability, who at one point in his career was mentioned in the same breath as some of Major League Baseball’s brightest young stars, is made an object of ridicule by a gang of barely sober, snot-nosed schoolboys who don’t have half his brain or his maturity. It’s more than a little awkward to see the story of a figure as complicated and fascinating...
Kosslyn calls Epstein “one of the brightest people I’ve ever known...
...Harvard prides itself on having the best, the brightest, and the most talented. However, the most talented will be forced to go elsewhere if Harvard does not step up its support of the arts community in its actions and not simply its words and prove that the arts are important...
...number of them—in front of the television, doing nothing productive at all. Unfortunately, until the student body learns how to relax, mental health problems here will remain serious. And as long as Harvard retains its (entirely understandable) desire to admit only the brightest and most highly motivated applicants, it is hard to see how any substantial progress can be made to improve undergraduate mental health. Which is, in many ways, the most depressing thought...