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From time to time, people ask, “Is Harvard ungovernable?’ William F. Buckley, no friend of Harvard, once suggested that he would rather be ruled by a random list of names from the telephone directory than by the Harvard faculty. When Neil Rudenstine took an unprecedented medical leave early on in his presidency, editorialists opinioned on the impossibility of one man holding the reins of so fractious an entity as the modern university. And as early as 1769, Edward Holyoke, Class of 1705, Harvard’s 11th President, and who next to Eliot served...
...things worse. It was that simple. I'm surprised that Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell and others didn't have that insight. I am afraid the fear of being labeled un-American and soft on terrorism was enough to quiet the voices of many in Washington who knew better. Jim Buckley Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany...
...directly derived from, a long tradition of moping whiners who whispered their way to the top of the alternative charts. It’s not a bad move, ripping off the acoustic plinkings of bygone modern folk singers. But let’s not forget: Jeff Buckley drowned, Nick Drake overdosed, and Elliott Smith was found stabbed in the chest. Sure their records were lovely—raw, and eerie. They may have made heaps of money: but then they croaked. They died untimely deaths and now their songs can be heard behind the suicide sequences of movies like...
...admire a leader like President Bush, who stands up for what he believes, regardless of the effect it has on his popular support. I believe that World War II would never have taken place had there been leaders like Bush around to stop Hitler in his tracks. Bob Buckley Benoni, South Africa...
...admire a leader like President Bush, who stands up for what he believes, regardless of the effect it has on his popular support. I believe that World War II would never have taken place had there been leaders like Bush around to stop Hitler in his tracks. Bob Buckley Benoni, South Africa As Americans finally awake from nearly six years of misrule, we are recoiling at the damage done to our institutions, the rest of the world and our future. Let's hope this election marks the first step in repairing that damage - or at least checking the power...