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...year ago tonight. You probably remember where you were. George W. Bush had actually won his first election, and a primal scream broke out across the Yard ahead of schedule. Then everyone went home, trying to forget about the whole thing...
...focus so much energy on ministers and churches? "People forget that churches also have hospitals in Africa," Okaalet says. "Most of the mission-based hospitals are in the rural areas where governments cannot reach. Where the road for the four-wheel-drive stops, the pastor gets on his bicycle. Where the bike path stops, the pastor lays it aside and goes on foot...
...offers scant evidence that Libby knew Plame was a covert officer, a key test in the 1982 law barring such disclosures. By that logic, Libby could have told the truth about everything he did and still avoided criminal exposure. But other lawyers pointed out that it's easy to forget that Fitzgerald hasn't made public everything he knows. The two senior officials who discussed Plame's employment with Libby may have testified that they warned Libby about the secret nature of her work. "Some things," said a lawyer for one witness, "come out only at trial...
...would be just as bad to treat this issue as a purely theoretical question. Harvard students love to throw around economic jargon. It’s too easy to forget that real people are affected by the policies we discuss in the comfort of our well-maintained classrooms. We need to recognize that for Harvard workers who are working hard to make ends meet, these discussions will affect their lives and the lives of their family members. Next time you’re spouting off about deadweight loss or economic inefficiency, take a second to look around. This means looking...
Reasonable people will disagree about the appropriate wage level for Harvard workers, but we can’t afford to forget what is at stake. One of my favorite music albums ends with a brief interview with a homeless man. The man nonchalantly describes his life on the street and how he came to live it. He’s not angry, and he doesn’t ask for help. He just wants his interviewer to understand one thing. When you’re talking about poverty, he says, “Stakes is high.” Harvard...