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...allowed my bastard contacts to jerk me around until early March, when I decided to abandon the connection game and secure employment based on my own merits. Of course this new strategy presupposed that I had merits, but I neglected to identify this flaw in my approach until it was far too late. Remembering that my goal from the outset was to sell out, I asked myself, "What company best represents the ideals of exploitation and greed?" The answer was obvious: Microsoft...
...Testament." He goes into a short, funny riff about what might have happened if he had had "some major spiritual awakening" in jail, then laughs about the cliche: "Some things should just not be talked about because I'd come off like a bigger jerk than ever...
...History of Political Theory II (which he is not teaching this year), is one of the most difficult on political theory at Harvard, and his Monday night introduction of Ward Connerly at the ARCO forum generated another round of scowls. But does he deserve this kind of knee-jerk hostility...
...also offer, or at least try to, a philosophical common ground. Since the great left-right struggles of the 1960s through '80s, the world has entered a millennial period in which common sense plays a greater role than knee-jerk ideological faiths. Although our stories often have a strong point of view, we try to make sure they are informed by open-minded reporting rather than partisan biases...
...ever going to confuse Shaq with a total jerk like Latrell Sprewell. Nevertheless, Shaq turns 26 tomorrow. He's not a young phenom any more, he's an established star. It's time for him to act like...