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...discipline that is much more complicated. On the credit side of the ledger, Bolduc is right that some of the more technical developments in political science have come at the expense of accessibility and even insight. What is not true is that we have to choose between quantitative and non-quantitative approaches to politics. Bolduc’s essay establishes a false binary—“These professors ditched The Federalist Papers for Excel spreadsheets years ago.” In this crude thinking, no course could (or should) have both...
...might have considered my course, “The Theory and Practice of Republican Government,” where dozens of the Federalist Papers are read and studied intensively. In “Bureaucratic Politics: Military, Government, Economic and Social Organizations,” a sampling of decision theory, non-parametric statistics and stochastic modeling is combined with a healthy reading of Alfred Chandler’s The Visible Hand, the history of the U.S. Army, and Mary Douglas’s How Institutions Think. There are many other courses at Harvard that combine narrative, philosophical, and quantitative methods...
...Boston. At the event, presenters highlighted Robert M. Gogan, Jr.’s commitment to recycling at Harvard, a cause he has championed for over a decade and a half. The program specifically cited Gogan’s efforts to distribute reusable office supplies and furniture to non-profit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. It also mentioned Harvard’s annual Valentine’s Day cosmetics drive for a Cambridge woman’s shelter, and the “Stuff Sale,” during which students donate unwanted furniture to be resold...
...three planes, two yachts, six houses. I've been rich all my life!" In 2004, his daughter Margarita wed Luis Alfonso de Borbón, a cousin of Spain's King Juan Carlos, great-grandson of the late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and a legitimate heir to the non-existent throne of France. They were married at Vargas' palatial mansion in the Dominican Republic, a wedding that was catered by New York's exclusive Le Cirque restaurant and included 1,000 guests...
Even before France's 2007 ban on lighting up in public areas, smokers had been declared persona non grata in Paris' Métro stations, where they risk hefty fines if they venture the merest puff. Now, however, even people who support France's crackdown on smoking feel things may have gone too far. This week, the Métro refused to run posters advertising the new Coco Chanel biopic Coco, Before Chanel, which stars Amélie's Audrey Tautou, saying the photo that depicts the fashion legend with her trademark cigarette violates anti-smoking laws...