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...need to move past environmentally devastating energy production is extremely pertinent. The U.S. needs to be a leader in alternative energy if it is to motivate the world to pursue greener technology. Especially after the recent fatal explosion and resulting oil spill off of the Gulf Coast, there is a sense of urgency. The failures of offshore drilling cannot be ignored, and fossil fuels are unsafe, unhealthy, and unethical. The U.S. should become more self-sufficient when it comes to energy, and Cape Wind is one exemplary part of this strategy...
Goldsmith’s most recent book, “The Power of Social Innovation: How Civic Entrepreneurs Ignite Community Networks for Good,” featured the work of the Bloomberg administration. Goldsmith said that even before the job offer, he had noted the “environment for innovation” Bloomberg cultivated, which left room for risk taking and significant performance management efforts...
...recent Swiss referendum on the building of minarets, spires used to call Muslims to prayer, is a perfect example of how Islamophobia extends beyond a vocal minority. Recently, 57 percent of Switzerland’s population voted to ban the construction of future minarets in their country. This response seems excessive because there are currently four minarets in Switzerland and roughly five percent of the population follows Islam. The danger of the Alps’ chocolate-box villages being swept away in favor of numerous variants of the Blue Mosque looks slim. A comment by Roberto Calderoli of Italy?...
Kenneth S. Rogoff, a professor of public policy, was the only economics professor to be elected to the Academy this year. His most recent work is the book, “This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly,” which he co-wrote with Carmen M. Reinhart, an economics professor at the University of Maryland...
After the recent report that Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd C. Blankfein '75 was copied on an e-mail suggesting Goldman knew that Harvard would lose in a $500 million credit default swap, his loyalty to Harvard may have come into question. But it is worth noting that Blankfein has donated millions to Harvard, creating a scholarship fund for lower-income students and endowing a professorship in the Department of History...