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...staunch pro-European nation. I think Europe is in a transition, but I think it's a very important transition. I would say it's from being a peace project - which it still is - to being a model for a globalized society, a prototype for a globalized society. Europe began after the Second World War, so it basically was the dream to say: "Never again, war on this continent." And as a matter of fact, it has succeeded in bringing in countries, making them more democratic. Greece, Spain, Portugal initially, then the Central and Eastern European countries. It still...
...Ideas for the Next 10 Years" is overconfident [March 22]. In the first entry, "prophets of doom" are seen as missing the reality of American "nimbleness and adaptability." Yet your story misses the reality that America is in a governance gridlock, which raises serious questions about the nation's ability to cope with current crises like debt, unemployment, the terrorist threat and a diminished competitive position globally. William Gruber Lexington, Mass...
Urging immigration supporters to keep pushing the issue, despite the Obama Administration's seeming eagerness to ignore it, in the Nation...
...year dual challenge history between the No. 4 Harvard heavyweight varsity crew and the No. 3 Brown varsity team, the Crimson holds a 37-9 advantage in the Stein Cup. Harvard consistently produces one of the fastest varsity squads in the nation. Meanwhile, Brown has been striving to do the same, pulling out wins over the Crimson at Eastern Sprints and IRAs last season...
Fellow attendee Hyman Hartman, a research scientist in MIT’s biology department, told the panelists that the reading he had done in sociology and economics inspired him to ask two questions: “Is the nation-state a viable, stable entity in a world that’s globalizing in a way that has made the nation-state less viable?” and “Why is there only a Nobel prize in economics? Why isn’t there one in sociology, for example...