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Many of these changes have been for the good. The Soviet Union disintegrated in a Christmas gift to the world, and the Berlin Wall fell without a shot being fired. Former South African President Nelson R. Mandela walked a remarkably peaceful path from prison to the presidency. Peace came to Northern Ireland through the Good Friday Agreement. The light of democracy swept across some of the darkest corners of the globe, and the number of democracies expanded from 69 in 1989 to 119 today. And if you still don’t believe that anything is possible, the New England...
...wake of President Obama’s election, however, most in Congress looked backward for inspiration. Many Democrats reverted to the New Deal philosophy of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Class of 1904, Republicans to the tax cuts and small government philosophy of former President Ronald W. Reagan. One side took refuge in ideas that were 75 years old, the other in ideas that were 30 years old. They are both out of date. They depend on the stale and discredited argument that you must be either for big government or against it, that government is either the solution...
...prepare to head out into the real world to create extraordinary lives, I hope you will continue to nurture that spirit of service in assuming what former President Harry S. Truman called the “highest office” in the land: that of citizen. It will be up to your generation, the first of the 21st century, to define and shape the new approach that will help us overcome the challenges and seize the opportunities of our times. So congratulations and carpe diem; the world both needs you and awaits...
...There was this notion that African countries would be less dependent on colonial powers and become their own bosses,” said Seamus P. Malin ’62, a former Harvard admissions officer who was a senior midfielder when Ohiri joined the varsity team as a sophomore...
Eric P. Lesser ’07 was a government concentrator in Kirkland House and the former president of the Harvard College Democrats. He is currently special assistant to Senior Advisor to the President David M. Axelrod...