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...policy. As a result, the success of U.S. efforts in the region is inextricably tied to that of the Afghan government and its establishment as a legitimate authority. Unfortunately, the recent withdrawal of Abdullah Abdullah from the Afghan presidential race represents a poor decision on Abdullah’s part and a step back on Afghanistan’s road to recovery. Abdullah’s decision not to challenge incumbent Hamid Karzai in a runoff election can be explained as a principled protest of the widespread fraud present in the electoral proceedings, but it also means the controversial Karzai?...
...can’t help but feel reservations. The challenge of looking for an elusive book is one of the singular joys of scholarship for me, part of what rescues it from becoming a mere exercise in pedantry or reinterpretation. Even Harvard’s relatively sensible library system has supplied me with a few pleasurable scavenger hunts. Now a Google search and a glorified Xerox machine threaten to supersede that entire process...
...feel like I’m part of the team now,” said Kucharczyk, who was recruited to play lacrosse but joined an undermanned field hockey squad...
...wrote, “To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.” After my life in the South and my education here at Harvard, I think he has the first part backward...
...during my pre-frosh weekend. “Where are you from?” asked a Harvard student, to which I replied, “Georgia.” Just plain, unexotic Georgia, one of the 50 states of the same country in which Harvard is a part. Then, for the first time in my life, my home state was confused for a former Communist satellite, and I had to clarify: No, I was referring to the Southern state. For the past four years, this clarification has inevitably been followed by statements such as “Why would...