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Media outlets and personalities like O’Reilly made a paltry and delayed effort at understanding Corker’s position, choosing to portray the special assistant to the dean for social planning as some kind of omnibus party planner responsible for prying Harvard students from their books onto the dance floor, against their wishes. Moreover, the media’s long belated reporting of Corker’s appointment is sloppy journalism, reflecting just how eager media outlets are to perpetuate stereotypes of Harvard students that are utterly untrue in the name of filling space on a slow...
...Keep Bollywood Clean Your notebook item "Bolly-bad!" described some new Bollywood movies that portray promiscuity, prostitution and gay relationships [Dec. 13]. India is famous for its rich tradition and culture, but these days our media stars are blindly following vulgar Western trends emphasizing sexuality. Is this wise? Does one become modern by wearing a short dress? Rubbish! Modernity can only be achieved by having a free mind, a pure soul and fine thoughts. We Indians should never forget our cultural heritage; we should fight against spreading indecency. If we can defeat vulgarity, then other countries will follow our lead...
When the physical hurdles are conquered, the political ones remain. In India, where 10,000 died and 6,000 are missing, the government was determined to portray itself as an advanced nation that can manage its troubles and made a point of dispatching its own relief workers to aid other countries in the region. The government was especially sensitive about foreigners invading the Nicobar islands, where the military keeps a secret electronic-listening post. Sparsely populated and almost impossible to reach in normal times, the islands are home to some of the world's last Stone Age tribes--five groups...
This lack of decency gets at the heart of the matter. Cambridge politicians constantly and unendingly portray themselves as victims of mighty Harvard, when the true relationship is closer to the reverse. Whenever a Cambridge politician complains about land devoted to educating the next generation that does not pay property taxes, we ask ourselves what Cambridge property values would be like if Harvard had never existed at all. In fact, we cannot quite picture what Cambridge would look like had Harvard never been—but it would be a grim picture indeed. The politicians and community leaders...
...David Beckham to biblical status last week, exhibiting wax figures of him and his wife Victoria, a.k.a. Posh Spice, as Joseph and Mary. As pop singer Kylie Minogue hovers angelically, Hugh Grant and Samuel L. Jackson appear as shepherds while Tony Blair, George W. Bush and Prince Philip portray wise men in the display, which will stay up until January. The Vatican has called the scene blasphemous. And with Posh as the Virgin, the church may have a point...