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Hundreds of students each semester elect to take Steven Pinker’s famous course, expecting an easy, fun class about brains. The verdict? A common one for Science B classes, unfortunately. To wit: “That class was so much fucking bullshit...
This year marks the first time that Ec10 students can elect to take just one semester of the previously indivisible year-long course. Ec10’s infamous structure, however, appears to be here to stay: the course only meets for lecture about ten times a semester and is primarily taught in section by graduate students. Competent TFs are a rare treat in Ec10, so much so that one popular section leader from the Law School drew nearly 100 desperate undergrads to her final review session last spring...
...doctrinal hand. Since I don't recognize all the titles, I call David Singer of the American Bible Society, who confirms my suspicion that "None of the commentaries are anything but Protestant and if anything, Evangelical." Nada for Catholics, Orthodox or the sort of Episcopalian who might, say, elect a gay bishop. According to Godspeed CEO Sears, who self-identifies as evangelical, most of this is accidental, and "we're definitely making a commitment to round it out," although he draws the line at Mormon commentaries. I would not hold my breath waiting for the Catholic-oriented New American Standard...
...alone, the country will not have the kind of harmony it has today," he says. "My problem is perhaps that I'm too much of a democrat for this time of the country's life. If you need a dictator, then go to the Afghan people. Let them elect a dictator. I am not one of those." Of course, what Karzai and his Western benefactors know is that the alternative to a democratically elected Afghan leader isn't despotism--it's all-out anarchy. "If Karzai isn't there," says Jamil Karzai, a member of parliament and second cousin...
...Gore, Movie Star His new documentary on global warming is a great campaign ad: "Elect me or we will...