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...famously warned against the "tyranny of the majority," Lévy sees a tyrannical right-wing minority acting like a majority. What kind of U.S. would he prefer? "An America of the Enlightenment, of human rights, of democratic dreams and achievements," he says. "This America will definitely overcome its present crisis." And once his book is published in Europe later this year, perhaps this America can teach people there some lessons, like how to behave in queues...
...senior fellow, James R. Houghton ’58, addressed fresh allegations that Summers had shielded Shleifer from disciplinary action at Harvard. Several professors raised concerns about the case at the explosive Feb. 7 Faculty meeting that precipitated Summers’ downfall.“President Summers was not present for nor did he participate in any of the Corporation’s many discussions about the HIID matter, including those resulting in the decision to settle the case,” Houghton wrote, referring to the Harvard Institute for International Development.But Houghton’s letter did not directly...
...current lingo, insurgents—destroyed the golden dome of the Golden Mosque in Samara, one of Iraq’s four sacred Shiite shrines, Iraqi Shiites released their fury across the country with an unprecedented illustration of the delicate fault-line running through present day Iraq in the ongoing struggle between Shiites and Sunnis. In the two days since the Golden Mosque bombing, sectarian violence has claimed the lives of at least 138 Iraqis, most of them Sunni Muslims. Additionally, the Interior Ministry has confirmed attacks by sectarian militias and armed rioters on 90 Sunni mosques in Baghdad alone...
...worst things about University President Lawrence H. Summers’ resignation is the message that it seems to signal to Harvard’s students, both past and present. Summers stood for many things, but most importantly he represented the interests of our students...
...year marks his 250th anniversary. Accordingly, this Friday, from 8-10 p.m. in Lowell Lecture Hall, the Mozart Society Orchestra—under the baton of distinguished conductor and singer Akiko Fujimoto—is prepared to do him justice with a special birthday concert in which they will present his best-known works as performed by some of Harvard’s finest. The distinguished ensemble will accompany Kathryn E. Andersen ’07 and Brendan J. Gillis ’06 on the Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola & orchestra, KV364: Allegro Maestoso. Both soloists are prominent members...