Word: populists
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Memo to World: Iran's new President is a radical, after all. When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won an upset victory in June, his foreign-policy views were a mystery. A 48-year-old civil engineer who had become Tehran's populist mayor in 2003, he focused on domestic rather than international issues. But last week, Ahmadinejad stunned diplomats with the sort of outburst expected from a terrorist, not a President. At a conference in Tehran called "The World Without Zionism," Ahmadinejad told 4,000 students that "Israel must be wiped off the map." Afterwards, he joined 30,000 Iranians...
...SHAME: MORE THAN 700 FILMS A YEAR (ROUGHLY THREE TIMES THE NUMBER PRODUCED BY THE MAJOR HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS) in the nation's 16 official languages ... Western viewers expecting the delicate art films of Satyajit Ray will be in for a pleasant shock. Most Indian films are closer to the populist energy and intimate audience connection of Hong Kong films. And like John Woo's and Jackie Chan's action thrillers, Indian cinema exotically evokes the complex pleasures of Golden Age Hollywood, with its glamour and verve ... India has all the elements to be a vibrant cult cinema...
Memo to World: Iran's new President is a radical, after all. When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won an upset victory in June, his foreign-policy views were a mystery. A 48-year-old civil engineer who had become Tehran's populist mayor in 2003, he focused on domestic rather than international issues. But last week, Ahmadinejad stunned diplomats with the sort of outburst expected from a terrorist, not a President. At a conference in Tehran called "The World Without Zionism," Ahmadinejad told 4,000 students that "Israel must be wiped off the map." Afterwards, he joined 30,000 Iranians...
Unfortunately, there's a downside to this populist sentiment--that is, innocent casualties bloodied by a medium that trades in rumor, gossip and speculation without accountability. Case in point: Alexandra Polier, better known as the Kerry intern. Rumors of Polier's alleged affair with presidential candidate Senator John Kerry eventually spilled into the blogosphere earlier this year. After Drudge headlined it in February, the blabbing bloggers soon had the attention of tabloid journalists, radio talk-show hosts and cable news anchors. Trouble is, the case was exceedingly thin, and both Kerry and Polier vehemently deny it. Yet the Internet smolders...
Perhaps he’s right, but if The Analyst dilutes its mission with such a populist approach, it will forfeit its niche as Harvard College’s academic finance journal. The magazine will lose its identity, a rare commodity when you’re one of three business publications on a relatively small college campus. Harvard Investment Magazine, after all, which has been around since 2003, describes its purpose in terms remarkably similar to The Analyst’s, promising to blend “professional articles, interviews, and academic research to offer a comprehensive array of commentary...