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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams first encountered the Barbary States in the late 1780s, when they were American diplomats in Europe. They did not enjoy the experience. In 1786 they reported on a conversation with Tripoli's ambassador to Britain. He informed them that peace could be bought for 30,000 guineas (with a Ł3,000 tip for himself) and advised that Tunis would settle at the same rate, although he could not answer for Morocco or Algiers. This was far more than Jefferson and Adams had been authorized to spend. Jefferson had feared as much. "We ought...
...admiration for Lena Chen is not conventional. I don’t particularly enjoy the blog’s writing, nor do I aspire to her life and fame. I don’t sympathize with her problems. What I admire about Chen, assuming her blog is written in relative earnest, is that she’s willing to write about these matters so openly. It’s what sets her apart from most of Harvard...
FRIDAY People are spending way too much time choosing classes and not enough time throwing parties because everything was too crowded this weekend. In the Adams Art Space, the artsy crowd sipped wine out of Solo cups while checking out student-made paintings and documentaries. If you enjoy getting mysterious red liquid spilled on you from a plastic bat, the rugby party in Eliot was the place to be, where ballerinas cavorted with jocks to ’90s pop hits. It felt kind of like the party that FM was never invited to in high school. In Cabot...
...about what you give to your team. To those who say Greg Oden and his fellow grown-man-sized “one-and-doners” are too good for college competition, I say: I’m sure their fans would enjoy them even more if they won a championship or two or even broke UCLA’s record of 88 straight wins. And it wouldn’t hurt if they got an education in the process. Economic logic might trump my own, but at least my thinking would make for good sport (and sports stories...
...paper that thrives on controversy and insult, Charlie Hebdo argues the drawings were published both to support the Danish editors who drew the ire of Muslims around the world, and to make the point that a fully equal and integrated Islam in secular European societies can't expect to enjoy a deference not accorded to Christianity or Judaism. "The Pope is satirized, the Church is satirized, Christians are satirized and so are Jews - all in a well-established tradition of commentary and humor," declared Reporters Without Borders general secretary Robert M?nard outside of the court as it opened Wednesday. "Muslims...