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...anchor and novelist will be the principal speaker for Harvard’s 355th Commencement Afternoon Exercises on June 8. The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), responsible for choosing each year’s afternoon speaker, selected Lehrer for his “objectivity and intelligence” and the respect he inspires, according to the announcement in the Harvard Gazette yesterday. In his over 40 years as a journalist, Lehrer has won numerous awards, including the Presidential National Humanities Medal in 1999. He has also published 15 novels and moderated 10 of the televised presidential candidate debates over the course...
...fight over stricter restrictions on immigration has given me some cause for hope. While the revolution—or anything like it—has not come, the people do seem to be outraged. Immigrant students and their allies are marching out of schools across the country to demand respect and the freedom to pursue their American dreams.First, the problem. Most of the press coverage surrounding the student protests portrays them as a response to two particularly radical proposals: one that would make simply being an illegal immigrant a felony and another that would throw the book at employers...
...Latin America countries were governed by military regimes. The United States and Europe not only overlooked human right abuses, but they actively helped the regimes and often trained repressors. Long gone were the Atlantic System dreams from the ashes of WWII promising a world based on international law and respect. Fear of communism made everything valid. Thirty years ago, was the world really that different?Today, the Red Scare has been replaced by radical Islam and nuclear proliferation. Look at the news, and you’ll find that every large issue in America is related to security in some...
...gentleman in a suit [Pierre Dulaine] teaching kids in inner city schools how to ballroom dance. What I loved most about the story is that he paired them up by height. Kids who wouldn’t talk in the cafeteria had to touch each other, hold each other, respect each other. He was teaching them life skills. If a kid is hunched over with his pants hanging down, his self-esteem is affected, it’s different than if he was standing up straight. [Dancing] is a team sport and you’re forced to learn incredible...
...Take the Lead” different from other inspirational films in which a coach or teacher helps inner city school kids to dream big and to find confidence and self-respect, films such as “Coach Carter” or even your own production “Knights of the South Bronx?...