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...Tenured Professor, despite its excesses and factual inaccuracies (Galbraith at one point has Harvard investing $200 million while Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu sits on its Board of Overseers), resonates with a feeling of reality. Galbraith, after all, realizes how things work--he understands America's economy; he perceives its societally-imposed norms; and he knows Harvard. This realistic overcast to the sage professor's satire is disturbing, because when all is said and done, his comedy is biting, and its tone is black...
Besides, Harvard's claim is suspect on factual grounds. Harvard only channels alumni contributions into financial aid funds to make it appear that such contributions are needed to support students. This fundraising trick may make the sales pitch more effective, but shouldn't convince anyone that need-blind admissions depends upon every last alumni dollar...
...submit, perhaps naively, that the Crimson editors would not claim to be running a perfect newspaper. It is puzzling, therefore, that the Crimson has taken unto itself the liberty to play ombudsman for the Indy; there is daily evidence that their work at Plympton Street is far from complete. "Factual" or not, sarcastic criticism is arrogant and pompous. When such an accusation is left unsigned--as it was on Saturday--it is also an act of cowardice. The comic irony, of course, is that the issue addressed by the anonymous writer in this case relied upon the fact that Indy...
...that in order to foster the "real debate" she claims to favor we first need the facts: and the "angry denials" reported by NBC to be Israel's reaction to its news report may indeed represent an "opposing viewpoint," but they hardly move the discussion forward in a factual...
Your editorial yesterday urging a "No" vote on my Proposition 1-2-3 contains several factual errors...