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I bring that up because I sense the media are ignoring the true American family and instead are putting the dramas of affluent families on Page One. It would be O.K. if they delivered those portraits with a sardonic wink, so that we might laugh at the foibles of the...
is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House. His column, “Sardonic Verses,” will continue to offer an irreverent outsider’s perspective on the daily news, campus issues, and the world in general on alternate Fridays.
I bring this up because I sense the media is increasingly ignoring the true American family, and instead is putting the dramas of affluent families on Page One. It would be okay if they delivered these portraits with a sardonic wink, so that we might laugh at the foibles of...
GERMANY'S TRUE FACE Bill Saporito's essay on the world cup, "A Month of Smiles and Sourpusses" [July 10], left me outraged, especially his ironic reference to Germany as "the taciturn, inflexible, humorless country with the inedible cuisine." My country made a great effort to be host of the...
Our report on Guantánamo Bay prompted readers to voice their concerns about the dubious nature of prison-based intelligence and the damage the prison does to the U.S.'s image abroad The reports about the treatment of suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay are deeply disturbing [July...