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Educating Afghan Girls Having helped build or repair 27 schools in north-central Afghanistan over the past six years, I can verify that education is a building block to eliminating poverty, oppression and extremism [Feb. 4]. I have seen remarkable social, political and economic changes among the more than 20...
The first time CNN’s Wolf Blitzer said “superdelegates,” I didn’t know exactly what to think. One image that came to mind was the Democratic Party’s version of a Harvard admissions booklet: a perfect mix of...
Moreover, any amendment to the Act of Settlement would likely trigger political unrest among the militant Northern Irish nationalists. Northern Ireland remained part of the United Kingdom following Irish independence in 1920 because of its significant Protestant majority, which wanted to be governed by the predominantly Protestant government of London...
...outsider, who draws his own conclusions from a piece based largely on personal sentiment, Ducharme acts as a sort of middleman. By presenting Hopi art through the medium of photography, the effect the katsina dolls have on the viewer has been filtered through Ducharme’s own representation of the carvings: his positioning of the doll, use of lighting, and even how much of the doll’s face he includes in the photograph affect the impression a viewer has of a particular spirit’s personality. Much of this information, while ostensibly suggesting the right idea...
“Tuesday was supposed to capture a slice of intellectual life here at Harvard.” says Caroline A. Bleeke ’10, co-editor of the magazine. “It’s catered to people with good ideas: we edit works to create...