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Home sweet home. Under the leadership of first year head coach Brian Baise, the Harvard men’s volleyball team landed its first victory of the season over the Stevens Institute in its home opener at the Malkin Athletic Center on Saturday. After dropping its first contest to the...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Picks Up Key Non-Conference Victory | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

It's not that Freeman and Jones sound black--they sound American. The current VOGs are a celebration not of America embracing the black man but of America shedding its racial pretense (which is more than I can say for Kinsley's essay). Celebrate the individual voice, Mike. That is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

Michael Kinsley's essay "God Is Black" made a strong argument that the presence and voices of James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman have influenced how America hears the voice of truth and authority [Jan. 26]. But there were others who set the stage. We cannot ignore the influence of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

Kinsley's column is a prime example of why liberals get such bad press. It's utter nonsense to posit that being black or being privy to the African-American experience somehow endows Freeman or Jones with voice-of-God (VOG) vocal cords. Their riveting vocal abilities are not racially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

Kinsley's essay was on the mark, but he made a glaring omission. If God should choose to talk to us, we would expect him to sound like James Earl Jones. But what about Mrs. God? Why, of course, it would be the voice of a marvelous black woman, Maya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

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