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President Faust’s two-day installation has been marked by its diversity, and especially significant at an institution such as Harvard, its modernity. Toni Morrison, arguably the quintessential modern novelist, spoke to a full house at Memorial Church yesterday. This afternoon, the Pan-African dance troupe will lead the robed procession of academics instead of the traditional bagpipe players. And, of course, Drew Gilpin Faust will be the first woman to speak from the steps of Memorial Church as president of the University...
...that speech in 1869, the man who would become Harvard’s longest-serving president set the course for the modern University, calling for a move away from its strict colonial roots...
...clear, ever since the rationale for supporting Israel during the Cold War became obsolete, our excessive support of Israel has been a consistent thorn in our side and has helped attract the animosity of much of the Arab world.But when the authors attempt to extend this argument into the modern day by claiming that the Israel lobby has brought America significant trouble in recent years, even contributing heavily to our entrance into the war in Iraq, their arguments begin to rely on less solid evidence and start to wear thin.Their section on “The Lobby and the Iraq...
...English language imply a corresponding intelligence in every English speaker,” he writes, promising to show how “design quirks” in basic thoughts “give rise to fallacies, follies, and foibles in the way that people reason about the conundrums of modern life.” He does all of this while quoting Woody Allen, Jerry Seinfeld, George Carlin, and making as many sexual references as possible.Pinker’s lengthy and detailed categorization of “his little friends”—verbs—plods along...
...this. What of historical integrity? Of respect for the dead and gone? “Nonsense!” chuckles the video. And so begins the band’s latest video mastercraft: a rapid-fire history lesson from the 1960s through today. Rob Thomas heralds the birth of Modern Time with delicate overhead claps, jamming in the NASA control center while Neil Armstrong bounces like a lunar Tigger in the background. “I’m waking up at the start of the end of the world,” Rob-Thom narrates via song. We learn...