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...that there is just one slice of pizza left. Now picture the person who is at the front of the line—purely by historical accident, as opposed to merit or justice. We’ll call this person … say, “Brian Palmer??. Now suppose that, with no regard to the nine hungry people waiting in line behind him, “Brian Palmer?? decides to take that last slice of pizza—all of it—to consume all by himself...
...spotted in Harvard dining halls more often than any other faculty member (probably including House Masters), includes his home phone number in his frequent class-wide e-mails and is a genial guy to even his critics. After all, it’s hard not to be inspired by Palmer??not after you hear his wavering voice, with its tinges of legitimate conviction not found in so many Harvard faculty members...
It’s also easy to criticize his guest lecturers, homogeneously left-wing types who have become the hallmark of Palmer??s classes. In 1529, he labels them “relevant practitioners” of personal choice. One is Noam Chomsky, on both the Religion 1528 and 1529 syllabi, who will (shockingly) not be speaking about linguistics, in which he holds his PhD. Palmer also selected Howard D. Zinn as a lecturer, whose People’s History of the United States takes great care to omit any modicum of praise for Western civilization, when...
...only hope this kind of critical dialogue is going on behind closed doors. Until then, solace can be had by realizing that Palmer??s departure from Harvard is nigh, and there’s little use raving against a person who’s on his way out thanks to a short-term lecturership contract. But students should nonetheless realize that despite the allure of idealism in measured tones, there should be no mistaking the syndrome which has made Palmer??s classes so acclaimed: Liberal students rush to Palmer??s class for an eloquent...
...Palmer??s class, which has hosted such well-known figures as former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich and MIT professor Noam Chomsky, has been featured in The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor but has also been accused of not providing a balanced view on political issues...