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...question of whether to appoint Harberger to an academic position in the Economics Department is thus a much more tortuous one than Bok wants to believe. Harberger is clearly not as extreme a case as the example of a Nazi appointment Bok invoked at Lowell House. But the political questions raised by his appointment to the Economics Department cannot be simply dismissed, as Bok has, on the high ground of academic freedom...
...head HIID falls apart on a much more obvious point. Whatever the arguments, pro or con, about academic freedom, the directorship of HIID is not an academic appointment. The HIID directly affects government policies in Third World nations; its work is unavoidably political. Bok could never defend appointing a Nazi to head HIID. Yet he persists in defending Harberger, who, though no Nazi, admits his economic policies work best under "strong governments"--which in practice has meant repressive military dictatorships. It's hard to believe such issues are mere academics...
...DEBAUCHED atmosphere of the German nightclub scene before World War Two, a young American singer loses her mind and her baby. A Jew, a widow, a writer and a whore try to make sense out of their lives, but a Nazi outsmarts them all. When nothing remains but the cozy Kit Kat Club, the Master of Ceremonies tears the bandages from everyone's eyes, revealing the ugliness of their lives...
...despairing lives of the characters. the frenetic chase of pleasure, which first draws people to the cabaret, slowly creeps into their lives outside it. The middle-aged widow, Fraulein Schneider (Holly Sargent), calls off her engagement to the Jewish Schultz (Joshua Milton) because of her terror of the Nazis. Sargent's singing starts off a little shakily, but she recovers quickly. The only changes that creep into the life of Fraulein Kost, deftly portrayed by Holley Stewart, are the Nazi soldiers that creep into her bed each night, replacing the inevitable sailors who once graced her bedsheets...
...should be possible to love one's country intelligently, without being either a schlockmeister or an incipient Nazi. (Anyone incapable of distinguishing between the Third Reich and the U.S. is a moral imbecile.) Patriotism seems so easy to discredit that it dies of contempt a few hours after budding. But the real problem is deeper. Americans who would be patriots must try to learn what it is that they have in common, what it is in the republic that is worth cherishing and preserving. Until they know that, their patriotism will have no more content than a bright, loud...