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Brian J. Bolduc’s article (“The Crack in the Glass Ceiling,” Op-ed, April 16) typifies the defective logic and unnerving excitement of those who disregard the existence of racism, sexism, and inequality in the United States. I describe Bolduc’s tone as one of excitement, for he (and others who claim racism no longer hampers minorities’ life chances) writes as if it is truly exciting that his “evidence” proves there is something defective about minorities, and especially blacks, that cannot be tied...
...including Nancy Mitchnick—and his fellow students with helping him develop his style. “I think the great thing about Harvard is you’ve got a broad range of people doing art,” he says. “From co-op people to New England preppy people; people are not self conscious.”The artistic students are not the only students who provide Powers with motivation, “People that just work a lot inspire me. If they’re in the lab nine hours...
...slaves sought compensation for damages from private corporations that profited from slavery. The universities, while not sued directly, were cited as examples of schools whose fortunes rested historically on the institution of slavery. Shortly after the lawsuits were filed, Harvard Law School professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. published an op-ed in The New York Times arguing that Harvard, Brown, and Yale were all “probable targets” of a lawsuit to be filed by his Reparations Coordinating Committee later that year. While all of the class-action suits were dismissed—and Ogletree?...
...have visited psych facilities and I liked Sandy - I didn't want him in one. No, he didn't remember being on the floor and, yes, he was foggy with details of time. From his first day post-op, he seemed to regard the hip surgery as something in his distant past. But it's so easy to lose track of time. He was good on most everything else - or was he? He was a little wacky the way he went off on stories, but he really wasn't any wackier than so many other people his age - and those...
...Raul has encouraged debate about Cuba's socialist system, most analysts agree that he's pursuing a China-style model that opens Cuba's economy but does not liberalize Havana's stringent politics. Perhaps he knows that if he attempted the latter, he'd have to read even harsher op-eds by his brother...