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Even international students concentrating in history are given few opportunities to learn about the “big picture?? of American history. Introduction to the major fields in the History Department through tutorials such as History 90e, “The Major Themes in American Historical Writing” already assume previous knowledge of American history, making it hard for foreign students to study this field—few students choose to enroll in classes that assume knowledge they do not have. Unsurprisingly, I often find that I am the only international in the room in American history...
Setting aside the fact that illegal immigrants are completely left out of this picture??the ones whose disadvantage with language leave them most in need of social services—the new law works from a basic assumption that the root of the problem is an economic one, when the difficulty at hand is emphatically a practical and cultural one. Employers need employees who can understand what’s required of them on the job. Newcomers and non-citizens don’t necessarily have the luxury of being conversant, or even literate, but they need...
...Colbert Report has temporarily reclaimed the picture??presented to the school by the show’s host Stephen Colbert early last month—“in anticipation of an expected appearance by Bill O’Reilly on the Colbert Report in the near future,” according to Institute of Politics (IOP) Director of Communications Esten Perez...
...that the president is accountable to the electorate. “The case for deference is weakened when bureaucratic expertise is ignored,” Katyal said, noting that former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and many military lawyers had been “cut out of the picture?? during the creation of the military commissions. Katyal thanked several Harvard Law School professors who helped him prepare for the case, including Loeb University Professor Laurence H. Tribe ’62, who co-wrote an influential 2002 piece with Katyal questioning the legality of the commissions; Story...
...Usually, the images you see on photographs or works of art are much more one-dimensional. Here, it’s almost sort of haunting, like a foreboding of his death,” says Cheek, in awe of the picture??s unassuming intensity...