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...take sides--he makes new ones. Neither predictably right nor left, Andrew always has an invigorating take on the subject of the day--whether it be politics, religion, society or culture. TIME readers have enjoyed his essays for years (in fact, he has one on this week's back page), and now you can enjoy his observations every day on TIME.com, which is where you can find his blog, the Daily Dish. One of the original bloggers, Andrew has a loyal Web readership that constantly informs and challenges him. If you are not already a fan, I urge...
...dragged his right forefinger in circles around his mouth, a nervous tic he had developed long ago. It was Summers’ unique mix of contemplation and impatience, what “The Thinker” might do to pass the time. In his hand, he gripped a single page of handwritten notes, the outline of a speech ostensibly titled, “Faculty Diversity: Research Agenda.”The topic was benign enough, but the president’s demeanor suggested this would be no ordinary academic recitation, recalled two people who saw and overhead...
...interested in knowing what the dining halls will be serving tomorrow—but too lazy to check page 4 of this newspaper or the Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) web site? An anonymous user of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) has come to the rescue. An AIM user who claims to be a Leverett House computer science concentrator has created a program that places menu at the tips of hungry students’ fingers. The program, called “YummyFoodBot,” automatically responds to instant messages by spitting back information obtained from the HUDS website. It comes...
...Checking Out Bush's Numbers The essay by Patricia Marx, "Check Out My New Numbers," with totally made-up statistics about President Bush [Dec. 19], was a real dud. I have no problem with puzzling over the strange mind of W. or with Time's taking up a full page to develop a keen, witty perspective on some topical issue, but Marx's piece was, at best, filler. It seemed like one of those papers I wrote on the school bus on the way to class despite having had two weeks to get it done. Tom Wright Burke, Virginia...
...vague generality is the key device. A generality is a vague statement that means nothing by itself, but when placed in an essay on a specific subject very well might mean something to the grader. The true master of a generality is the man who can write a 10-page essay, which means nothing at all to him, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads it. The generality writer banks on the knowledge possessed by the grader, hoping the marker will read things into his essay.Every non-mathematical field in the University...