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...startled by the rhetoric employed by Epps, Jehn and McCarthy in their Op-Ed piece. What started as a principled attack on Hoxby??s resignation turned into ad hominem invective and a meandering rant against conservatives and living wage opponents. The writers passionately defend the PSLM sit-in as “in line with the rich and long tradition of principled, non-violent protest,” despite the fact that Hoxby never publicly said or implied anything to the contrary. They theorize that Hoxby??s resignation was merely a strategem against the living wage...
Perhaps the authors might actually read one of Hoxby??s papers and learn something about the use of logic, in lieu of emotion, in presenting arguments...
...addition, HCECP should take seriously Hoxby??s charge that the committee has not heard a broad spectrum of testimony about Harvard’s labor policies. Holding additional public meetings at times convenient for students to attend would be a good start, but large gatherings—which tend to be dominated by the most vocal groups—are not the best forum for making sure that all sides are heard. Before preparing its final report, HCECP should hold meetings with additional interested groups, such as the Undergraduate Council, in smaller settings...
Could there be an instrumental motive underlying the timing of Hoxby??s resignation from the committee? It appears so. Rather than allow the committee to do its work, Hoxby seems to have opted for tactics so beloved among conservative ideologues: when losing the struggle for public sentiment on issues of social justice and moral responsibility in the “free market” of ideas, what better way to stop the fight for a while than to invoke charges of McCarthyism against those who disagree with...
...where proponents of the living wage have been so wildly successful that all of Harvard feels the crushing weight of one opinion. Even if we set aside the fact that many students and faculty are, sadly, not at this time being vocal about their positions on a living wage, Hoxby??s portrait of the Harvard community as in the thrall of the living wage campaign strains credulity...