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...ESSAY: Andrew Sullivan on why a gas tax is worth the sacrifice...
...1920s the prefab idea had seized the imagination of the great visionaries of 20th century architecture, though they approached the question with their usual indifference to public taste. The pioneer modernist Le Corbusier wrote a famous essay in praise of "Mass Production Houses." He just never got around to producing one. Geodesic-dome inventor Buckminster Fuller spent years tinkering with his Dymaxion House. But he insisted on making it circular and steel walled. Americans weren't ready for a house that looked like a flying saucer...
...Wolcowitz wrote in an e-mail, “As far as I know, the question of public reports has never been discussed. The data as they exist are really not very helpful, except with some summary statistics and interpretation, and no one has prepared such an interpretive essay.” Students and faculty concerned with improving Harvard will find value in an analysis of the raw data and an open discussion of the results. Harvard ought not keep valuable information from those who hope to improve the College; veritas will remain elusive if research is not shared with...
...ESSAY: Michael Kinsley on the hazards of big-time punditry...
When it came time to turn in her first college paper for English 151, Horan was confident. After all, she had attended every lecture, she had completed all the reading and she had even written multiple drafts of the essay three days in advance of the due date. When her TF returned the paper, Horan began questioning her old formula. For the first time in her life, x, y and z had only earned...