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...meat, attended rodeos, and even occasionally went hunting in our family’s forest. A longtime vegetarian friend recently remembered that I teased her in middle school for her “rabbit diet” of fruit and vegetables. So what changed? In this, my last Crimson column, I would like to tell the story of how I became an animal advocate and explain why I believe history will judge our generation harshly based on our treatment of animals...
...Lewis E. Bollard ’09 is a social studies concentrator in Kirkland House. His column appears on alternate Wednesdays...
Although bloggers originally lauded Douthat's choice as a thoughtful one for the conservative columnist spot, many comments on this column were scathing. One commenter calls him an "irritating 30 year old Generation Y Harvard Grad who is not demonstrating much thought in his first column." Another claims that he "has taken leave of his senses." But many also lauded him for writing a column that acknowledges both sides and does seem to have required some thinking. It appears NYT readers don't have very high standards for conservative writers after all. How else could FlyBy have grown up watching...
Douthat's first column may have been decent--considering that he is replacing Kristol--but it was not mind-blowing. FlyBy is still awaiting that column on Gen Ed and the state of undergraduate education at Harvard. Also, why does he highlight his New Haven roots in his bio? Not cool, Mr. Douthat...
That's what The New York Times' newest columnist penned in his first column for the Grey Lady. Ross Gregory Douthat, a former columnist for The Crimson, argues that it would have been best for the Republican Party to have Cheney run for President because it would have proven how hopeless the Republican Party is? See how Douthat describes Cheney's conservativism after the jump...