Word: editorialists
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...gets me thinking about drugs, so late on a Friday afternoon I call Graffix--the company best-known for its designer bongs--hoping to catch someone off guard, or better yet, stoned. But when a young guy picks up the phone and I tell him I'm a Crimson editorialist, his laughter is remarkably sober...
...that "By lowering tax rates, by increasing jobs and income, we can expand tax revenues and finally bring our budget into balance," doesn't meet the Crimson's exacting standards--despite having been a Crimson editor. But what about Martin Feldstein? Didn't at least one Crimson editorialist manage to make it through...
Given the friction raised by this clash, a lot of charges and counter-charges have been traded by both sides. I doubt that any editorialist could quickly articulate the patterns of justification offered by either side in this controversy. Yet both tend to overlook the philosophical roots of their positions. By sharpening these distinctions, perhaps some clarity can be lent to a debate too often characterized by murky accusations and questioning of motives...
...should preface the following remarks (critical, as always) by confessing my great appreciation for being allowed the privilege of participating in the illustrious history of a university which completes its 359th graduation today. Nonetheless, as a proud son of Harvard (and a self-admitted editorialist), it is a duty of sorts to highlight the failings of an institution which can all-too-easily denigrate the very ideals it presumes to uphold. I'm reminded of the famous Edmund Burke quotation which adorns Harvard's favorite ultraconservative publication: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good...
...Crimson team--a news reporter, a photographer, and myself (the editorialist)--join forces at the corner of Harvard and Quincy Streets, right outside the Inn at Harvard. We arrive on the scene, and immediately I think that the O.J. Simpson trial has been transferred to the Cambridge district...