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...astounding news that the Bush Administration was involved in reinterpreting the rules for the use of torture-a fact that has been known since the relevant Justice Department memo was leaked last June-has occasioned ... nothing, not even a burp of public outrage. John Kerry chose not to mention Abu Ghraib once during the presidential debates and, further, chose not to raise the issue of Bush Administration complicity because, I am told, his advisers were afraid that the Republicans would paint him weak on the war on terrorism. Of course, Kerry's defining weakness was his unwillingness to say anything...
...think this is a huge weekend for us, for a lot of reasons,” said Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91, who went on to mention, specifically, Harvard’s 20-day exam layoff after this weekend’s competition. “The taste that we leave in our mouth this weekend should stay there for a while, so we want to make sure it’s a good...
...Merry Christmas”; they can’t light a community Christmas tree; and they don’t allow their children to sing renditions of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” for fear of alienating classmates by the song’s mention of “Christmas Eve.” Admittedly, I was mildly outraged—a classic case of unreasonable political correctness. The article’s anecdotes were pretty ridiculous. Included were instances where students were reprimanded for wishing friends a “Merry Christmas...
...severe gender imbalance it becomes increasingly difficult for Harvard to recruit and identify the top female scientists in these fields. Even without conscious discrimination, these male-dominated departments linked to male-dominated social and academic networks tend to inevitably underestimate the contributions of females—not to mention discourage rising female candidates from pursuing academic careers...
...where these arguments might leave some of you unconvinced, however— particularly if you’re among the lucky few or meticulous elite who have managed to thus far escape the clutches of evil Internet con-artists. I could throw in a mention of Firefox’s speed (generally, it’s quite a bit faster than Internet Explorer), or of some of its advanced features—like tabbed browsing—which have revolutionized the way in which I surf the web, but I think even more compelling than these things is to point...