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...surge of former Ivy Leaguers making their way into baseball operations first came to the forefront in Michael Lewis’ 2003 book “Moneyball.” Lewis followed the inner workings of the Oakland Athletics front office, making specific reference to Paul DePodesta ’95, a Harvard graduate who served as Assistant General Manager to Billy Beane in Oakland at the time and has since moved on to become General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers...
...fiercely anti-Semitic Ernst F.S. Hanfstaengl, Class of 1909, was not just another colorful rogue, as Grynbaum implies, but the Nazis’ foreign press chief, responsible for spreading the party’s propaganda abroad, and a longtime member of Hitler’s inner circle. He provided important financial support to the Nazi party during the 1920s. Shortly after Hitler assumed power, Hanfstaengl informed American diplomat James McDonald of the Nazis’ determination that the “Jews must be crushed.” Rabbi Joseph Shubow, who confronted Hanfstaengl in Harvard Yard, did not merely...
...followed those now-ubiquitous advice books, I would ask you to consider what your “inner voice” is telling you. Or even tell you to practice ritual breathing exercises while making a list of your 10 most positive qualities...
Charming performances by Bartkus and Videt, as the hippies who are hit over the head by the stick man, sharply contrast with Fairley’s difficult inner torment over never having been satisfied in his life...
Despite my liberal credentials as a Volvo-driving, pro-choice, gay-marriage-supporting urban dweller, I admit to an inner conflict when it comes to guns. I grew up surrounded by firearms and the boys who loved them. My father is a bona fide hunting nut who threatened to buy my son a lifetime membership to the National Rifle Association for his first birthday. I myself have mowed down a variety of defenseless woodland creatures. I used to be a decent shot with a pistol, and once during the Clinton years, I spearheaded an outing of lefty political scribes...