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PIOUS PLATITUDES notwithstanding, God is not on the side of the editorial board of The Crimson. Still, in spite of the spectre of rational argument and logic, the mind-readers and soothesayers in the majority have managed to determine that Professor Anita Hill is telling the truth. And that Judge...
Here at Harvard, there is an environment conducive to rational discourse. The possibility of building a relationship of mutual trust and understanding is on the table before us. It is our role to model this new interchange together.
If there is, in fact, a problem with free political speech on campus, then it should be of concern to everybody, not just the right. There has consistently been a need for a voice from the left (or at least from the center), addressing issues of intellectual orthodoxy. But because...
Those who favor a values-based approach to AIDS prevention urge some variant of Just Say No. Their argument is bolstered by several studies showing that even well-informed, well-equipped teenagers engage in high-risk sexual activity. "The strategic mistake we're making is to assume that more knowledge...
The real issue is not that words can hurt, or that civil rights and tolerance are essential in a democracy, but that hypersensitivity clouds rational discourse: how to knit a contentious American society together rather than allow it to become balkanized by competing interests. "We need to reset the thermostats...