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...course, this isn’t the first time Congress has approached a complex question armed only with sound bytes. But Congress is a political beast, good at balancing interests and not much else, and there are no lobbyists here??except for a few biotech companies and the Catholic Church. One might think that this freedom from lobbying would spur healthy debate, improving the chances that Congress would reach the right decision for the right reasons. But without a firmer grasp of the ethical arguments than the five-minute presentations they receive—and without the courage...
...couldn’t suppress the percolating wellspring of ironic indignation within my chest when the president spoke of the rarity of such service. Security guards and custodians, young Turks who age into sparkling-eyed old men after a lifetime helping fancy Harvard kids, are an endangered species around here??not because it’s so hard to find such people, but because the University now “outsources,” viewing labor as an inorganic commodity rather than a human enterprise and an endeavor of communities. This is in order to keep costs down...
...Rudenstine’s peculiar position, dishing out charming platitudes to a crowd whose interests he undercuts—while at the same time empathizing with their position better than the overwhelming majority around here??epitomizes the weirdness of his job and his performance, that bizarre quality that has him no doubt parading around his mansion with a New Year’s buzzer in his hand...
...years that I’ve been teaching here, I’ve only missed any classes when my father died,” he says. “It’s part of the culture here??you don’t miss classes...
...people that come here, and it seems like they’re going out there,” Dicenso says, gesturing in the direction of Central and Porter Squares. “There’s a base of people who will stay—students, people who work here??but I think the weekend people are going that way because those places have what Harvard Square had—or is losing, I should...