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...most poignant articles of late was a piece for The Nation. The New York Times had recently finished its “Portraits of Grief” series, devoted to portrayals of the personalities who died in the Sept. 11 attacks and might have otherwise been forgotten. Pain was converted from statistics to individual people who we could connect with and believe in and reach out to; yet the media’s coverage of civilian deaths in Afghanistan was washed out by numbers and blanketed by stereotyped “evil.” Zinn wrote...
What Dershowitz’s torture warrants would authorize is cringe-inducing. We get a hint in his op-ed: “The warrant would limit torture to nonlethal means, such as sterile needles being inserted beneath the nails to cause excruciating pain without endangering life...
Excruciating pain? Needles beneath nails? Surely these aren’t the words of America’s most telegenic civil libertarian. Yet in a conversation this week, Dershowitz assured me they...
...also try the Beacon Hill Pub (149 Charles St.), which despite being named after a classy neighborhood, is the epitome of a dive. Wash away the pain of rejection by downing several pints of beer with minimal damage to the wallet—drinks come nice and cheap. Despite the dirty toilets and the sticky bar, Beacon Hill Pub represents dodgy fun at its best. The young crowd is unpretentious and laid-back, ready for a night of nonstop drinking and drunken conversations. Just don’t get too inebriated and find yourself in a brawl...
...city that boasts many a mom-and-pop restaurant, numerous Harvard students have yet to find a place where everybody knows your name and they’re always glad you came. While these uninformed students continue to schlep to Au Bon Pain and the Kong for ho-hum grub, a welcoming alternative awaits them a few blocks toward Central Square—the unassuming Friendly Eating Place...