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...cameras roll. By making them the spokesmen for its Iraq policy, the Bush Administration has encouraged Americans to believe Petraeus and Crocker are independent analysts who just happen to agree with their Commander in Chief. But Petraeus and Crocker would never purposely craft an itinerary that might cast doubt on the Administration's policies and embarrass their boss--or the man who shares his views, McCain...
...sound like crib-safe versions of Radiohead--a band that, while commercially less successful, is infinitely more hip and worthy of adulation. Film critics have waged their own version of this argument with moviegoers about the relative merits of Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese, resulting, as you've no doubt heard, in the complete commercial failure of all Spielberg movies. But if scathing reviews haven't had an effect on listeners, they do seem to have had an impact on Coldplay...
...business, and law—which it has attained by being at the cutting edge of knowledge and by making positive contributions to society. Moreover, advances from the field now underpin almost every aspect of our lives—including the digital cameras you and your parents are no doubt clicking at this Commencement. When you go to post the files on Facebook, a company conceived in a Harvard dorm room, consider that few had heard of social networking at the start of your freshman year...
...Faculty politics. I believe very much that freedom of speech and argument is a central value in an academic community, but it is a serious, serious mistake to confuse freedom of speech with freedom from criticism, and part of free speech is the ability to balance ideas or cast doubt on ideas with which one disagrees...
...doubt, history will not look well upon this administration, but there are still some positive steps this administration can take—be it the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol or the much-needed move to sever all ties with mercenary armies, starting with the expulsion of Blackwater U.S.A. (which at one point held a $1.2 billion contract with the U.S government and supplied up to 30000 private security guards in Iraq...